Stability and turbulence in the size distribution of firms: Evidence from Dutch manufacturing

International Review of Applied Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 255-272

  Marsili, Orietta ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Market turbulence; Pareto law; Size distribution; Zipf plot

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; MANUFACTURING;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33645642438     PISSN: 02692171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02692170600581193     Document Type: Article

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