The patterns of output growth of firms and countries: Scale invariances and scale specificities

Empirical Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 475-495

  Castaldi, Carolina ^a   Dosi, Giovanni ^b,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exponential tails; Firm growth; Growth volatility; International distribution of income; International growth rates; Scaling laws

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FIRM SIZE; GROWTH RATE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 70350678844     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-008-0242-x     Document Type: Article

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