The devil dwells in the tails: A quantile regression approach to firm growth

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 219-231

  Reichstein, Toke ^a,b   Dahl, Michael S ^c   Ebersberger, Bernd ^d   Jensen, Morten B ^e  

^a Department of Innovation and Organizational Economics   (Denmark)

^b KEDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d MANAGEMENT CENTER INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^e AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Distribution shape; Firm growth; Quantile regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951768273     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00191-009-0152-x     Document Type: Article

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