Gibrat's Law: Are the services different?

Review of Industrial Organization

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 301-324

  Audretsch, D B ^a,e,f,g   Klomp, L ^b   Santarelli, E ^c,e,h   Thurik, A R ^d,i  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ministry of Economic Affairs Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d Center for Adv Small Business Econ   (Germany)

^e Max Planck Inst for Entrepreneur   (Germany)

^f CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^g EIM Group   (Netherlands)

^h ENCORE   (Netherlands)

ⁱ ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Firm growth; Gibrat's Law; Service industries

Indexed keywords

FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; SERVICE SECTOR;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 4344624345     PISSN: 0889938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:REIO.0000038273.50622.ec     Document Type: Review

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