Testing the principle of 'growth of the fitter': The relationship between profits and firm growth

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 370-386

  Coad, Alex ^a,b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^c SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Firm growth; Panel data; Penrose effects; Profitability; Replicator dynamics

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; MANUFACTURING; PANEL DATA; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFITABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 34447107815     PISSN: 0954349X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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