R&D and the growth of firms: Empirical analysis of a panel of Italian firms

Research Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1003-1014

  Del Monte, Alfredo ^a   Papagni, Erasmo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gibrat's Law; Italian firms; R D growth

Indexed keywords

SALES;

DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GIBRAT'S LAWS; INNOVATIVE ACTIVITIES; ITALIAN FIRMS; PANEL UNIT ROOT TESTS; UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

EID: 84867948161     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(02)00107-5     Document Type: Article

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