What makes a high-growth firm? A dynamic probit analysis using Spanish firm-level data

Small Business Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1029-1041

  Lopez Garcia, Paloma ^a   Puente, Sergio ^a  

^a BANCO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dynamic probit analysis; High growth firms; Job creation; Panel firm level data

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868543316     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-011-9321-z     Document Type: Article

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