Gradually truncated log-normal in USA publicly traded firm size distribution

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 375, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 643-650

  Gupta, Hari M ^a   Campanha, José R ^a   de Aguiar, Daniela R ^a   Queiroz, Gabriel A ^a   Raheja, Charu G ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm size; Gibrat theory; Gradually truncated log normal

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

FIRM SIZE; GIBRAT THEORY; GRADUALLY TRUNCATED LOG-NORMAL;

STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

EID: 33845461250     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2006.09.025     Document Type: Article

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