Testing Gibrat's law in Italian macro-regions: Analysis on a panel of mechanical companies

Statistical Methods and Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 101-126

  Ganugi, P ^a   Grossi, L ^b   Gozzi, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Firm growth rate distribution; Firm size distribution; Gibrat's law

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250319907     PISSN: 16182510     EISSN: 1613981X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02511577     Document Type: Article

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