Growth and size of firms

Economic Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 438, 1996, Pages 1242-1252

  Hart, Peter E ^a   Oulton, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRM GROWTH; FIRM SIZE; GALTON-MARKOV MODEL; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030439256     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2235518     Document Type: Article

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