1. The Generation of the Fat Tails distributions RICCARDO LUCCIO Dipartimento di Psicologia “G. Kanizsa”, Università di Trieste 8th Alps-Adria Psychology Conference - October 3, 2008 Ljubljana

2. Benford’s law (Newcomb, 1881)

3. Pareto’s Law

4. Lorenz’ Law

5. Zipf’ law

6. Heap’s law

7. Other heavy tail distributions Bradford’s law; Lotka’s law; Towns/inhabitants; Gerbino’s law; Firms/workers; Web accesses;

8. Drugs/pharmaceutical groups It follows the Zipf’ law:

9. Schultz

10. Alliterations All follow Lorenz’law:

11. “Il Piacere” by D’Annunzio a=-2.832b=7.524c=927.990d=1.327R 2 =0.979

12. “Il Bacio” by Invernizio a=-.430b=12.612c=147.654d=-1.755R 2 =0.989

13. “Discorso” by Leopardi a=2.529b=9.806c=174.441d=-1.176R 2 =0.976