Selection and firm survival: Evidence from the shipbuilding industry, 1825-1914

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 26-36

  Thompson, Peter ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 15944386703     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/0034653053327531     Document Type: Article

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