Comparative analysis of firm demographics and survival: Evidence from micro-level sources in OECD countries

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 365-391

  Bartelsman, Eric ^b   Scarpetta, Stefano ^a   Schivardi, Fabiano ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; OECD; SURVIVAL;

EID: 21544463399     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dth057     Document Type: Article

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