Firm growth and firm size

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 1547-1550

  Rogers, Mark ^a,b   Helmers, Christian ^c   Koch, Christoffer ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c WOLFSON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FIRM SIZE; GROWTH RATE; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTICITY;

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EID: 78049376280     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850903085043     Document Type: Article

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