Common properties and sectoral specificities in the dynamics of U.S. manufacturing companies

Review of Industrial Organization

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 217-232

  Bottazzi, Giulio ^a   Secchi, Angelo ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Firm growth; Industrial sectors; Laplace distribution; Power law

Indexed keywords

FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4344594222     PISSN: 0889938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:REIO.0000031366.28559.c1     Document Type: Article

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