Analysis of industrial dynamics: A note on the relationship between firms' size and growth rate

Economics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 367-371

  Palestrini, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Firms' Growth Rates; Firms' Size Distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847024845     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2006.08.021     Document Type: Article

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