Gibrat's law for (All) cities: Comment

American Economic Review

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1672-1675

  Levy, Moshe ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 74949099844     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.4.1672     Document Type: Note

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