Gibrat's law for (All) cities: Reply

American Economic Review

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1676-1683

  Eeckhout, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 74949139944     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.4.1676     Document Type: Note

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