Does Gibrat's law hold among young, small firms?

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 213-235

  Lotti, Francesca ^a   Santarelli, Enrico ^b   Vivarelli, Marco ^c,d,e  

^a BANK OF ITALY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Catholic University of Piacenza   (Italy)

^d INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^e IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gibrat's Law; Industrial dynamics; Quantile regression; Small firms; Young firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042976555     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00191-003-0153-0     Document Type: Article

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