Size-dependent regulations, firm size distribution, and reallocation

Quantitative Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 377-416

  Gourio, François ^a   Roys, Nicolas ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm size distribution; Reallocation; Regulation; Threshold effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904659836     PISSN: 17597323     EISSN: 17597331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/QE338     Document Type: Article

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