Very much of a tangent, but do you have an short explanation for why the shape is likely to be a power-law? I think power laws are relatively rare in nature, and the more common generators of power law distributions (e.g. network effects) don’t seem to apply here.
Apologies for doubting you!
Very much of a tangent, but do you have an short explanation for why the shape is likely to be a power-law? I think power laws are relatively rare in nature, and the more common generators of power law distributions (e.g. network effects) don’t seem to apply here.