Determinants of firm survival: A duration analysis using the generalized gamma distribution

Empirica

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-58

  Kaniovski, Serguei ^a   Peneder, Michael ^a  

^a AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH WIFO   (Austria)

Author keywords

Duration analysis; Firm survival; Sectoral taxonomies

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; PARAMETERIZATION; SERVICE SECTOR;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 38649139326     PISSN: 03408744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10663-007-9050-3     Document Type: Article

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