Growing like mushrooms? Sectoral evidence from four large European economies

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 509-527

  Castaldi, Carolina ^a   Sapio, Sandro ^b,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^c SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Europe; Manufacturing; Scaling; Sectoral growth; Subbotin distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249139466     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00191-008-0091-y     Document Type: Article

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