Profit persistence in the 'very' long run: Evidence from survivors and exiters

Applied Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 793-806

  Gschwandtner, Adelina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; METHODOLOGY; PROFITABILITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17944372007     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684042000337406     Document Type: Article

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