@article{eprints638,
       publisher = {Elsevier},
         journal = {Economics Letters},
          number = {2},
            note = {JEL classification codes: L11; L65},
           title = {On the size distribution of business firms},
          volume = {98},
            year = {2008},
          author = {Fabio Pammolli and Jakub Growiec and Massimo Riccaboni and H. Eugene Stanley},
           pages = {207 -- 212},
             url = {http://eprints.imtlucca.it/638/},
        keywords = {Tail behavior; Firm size distribution; Gibrat Law; Pareto distribution; Lognormal distribution},
        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.}
}