Industry Dynamics and the Distribution of Firm Sizes: A Nonparametric Approach

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 443-466

  Lotti, Francesca ^a   Santarelli, Enrico ^b  

^a BANK OF ITALY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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EID: 0742323798     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4135325     Document Type: Article

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