Age and firm growth: evidence from three European countries

Small Business Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 823-837

  Barba Navaretti, Giorgio ^a   Castellani, Davide ^b   Pieri, Fabio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age; Firm growth; Quantile regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929454715     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-014-9564-6     Document Type: Article

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