Stylised facts and other empirical evidence on firm dynamics, business cycle and growth

Research in Economics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 73-80

  Gil, Pedro Mazeda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Business cycle; Economic growth; Empirical evidence; Firm dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952495957     PISSN: 10909443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rie.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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