Volatility and dispersion in business growth rates: Publicly traded versus privately held firms

NBER Macroeconomics Annual

Volumn 21, Issue , 2006, Pages 107-156

  Davis, Steven J ^a   Haltiwanger, John ^b   Jarmin, Ron ^c   Miranda, Javier ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

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EID: 34250889279     PISSN: 08893365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1086/ma.21.25554954     Document Type: Article

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