Firm growth under sample selection: Conditional σ-convergence in firm size?

Review of Industrial Organization

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 303-328

  Pfaffermayr, Michael ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH WIFO   (Austria)

^c CESIFO   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conditional and convergence; Growth of firms; Sample selection

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; CONVERGENCE; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; FIRM SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 43149123538     PISSN: 0889938X     EISSN: 15737160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11151-008-9159-y     Document Type: Article

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