Firm survival: Methods and evidence

Empirica

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-24

  Manjón Antolín, Miguel C ^a   Arauzo Carod, Josep Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Duration models; Industry dynamics; Survival

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; FIRM OWNERSHIP; FIRM SIZE; HETEROGENEITY; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE;

EID: 38649131939     PISSN: 03408744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10663-007-9048-x     Document Type: Article

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