Gibrat's law for counties in medieval England: An empirical study

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 707-710

  Resende, Marcelo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FIRM SIZE; GROWTH RATE; MEDIEVAL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SKEWNESS;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77952372442     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850802297996     Document Type: Article

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