The growth of business firms: Facts and theory

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 574-584

  Buldyrev, Sergey V ^a   Growiec, Jakub ^b   Pammolli, Fabio ^c   Riccaboni, Massimo ^c   Stanley, H Eugene ^d  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WARSAW SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 36749002080     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jeea.2007.5.2-3.574     Document Type: Conference Paper

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