Pammolli, Fabio and Growiec, Jakub and Riccaboni, Massimo and Stanley, H. Eugene On the size distribution of business firms. Economics Letters, 98 (2). 207 - 212. ISSN 0165-1765 (2008)
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Abstract
The size distribution of business firms is explained using number and size of firms' constituent components. It is a lognormal distribution multiplied by a stretching factor which can lead to a Pareto upper tail. This result is confirmed empirically.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2007.04.031 |
| Additional Information: | JEL classification codes: L11; L65 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Tail behavior; Firm size distribution; Gibrat Law; Pareto distribution; Lognormal distribution |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory |
| Research Area: | Economics and Institutional Change |
| Depositing User: | Users 2 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Jun 2011 14:27 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Aug 2011 14:40 |
| URI: | http://eprints.imtlucca.it/id/eprint/638 |
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