Do firm sizes and profit rates converge? Evidence on Gibrat's Law and the persistence of profits in the long run

Applied Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 267-278

  Goddard, John ^a   McMillan, David ^b   Wilson, John O S ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MODEL; PROFITABILITY;

EID: 33644913700     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500367955     Document Type: Article

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