Gibrat's law for (all) cities

American Economic Review

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1429-1451

  Eeckhout, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 16244403302     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/0002828043052303     Document Type: Article

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