Models of growth and firm heterogeneity

Annual Review of Economics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 547-576

  Luttmer, Erzo G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm size distribution; Heterogeneous productivity; Organization capital; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952609484     PISSN: 19411383     EISSN: 19411391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.economics.102308.124410     Document Type: Article

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