On the size distribution of firms: Additional evidence from the G7 countries

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 324, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 117-123

  Gaffeo, Edoardo ^a   Gallegati, Mauro ^b   Palestrini, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Firm size; Power law; Scaling

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

FIRM SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 0038576446     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(02)01890-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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