TY  - JOUR
EP  -  212
N1  - JEL classification codes: L11; L65
ID  - eprints638
UR  - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165176507001577
TI  - On the size distribution of business firms
AV  - none
KW  - Tail behavior; Firm size distribution; Gibrat Law; Pareto distribution; Lognormal distribution
N2  -  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.
SN  - 0165-1765
VL  - 98
JF  - Economics Letters
IS  - 2
Y1  - 2008///
SP  - 207 
A1  - Pammolli, Fabio
A1  - Growiec, Jakub
A1  - Riccaboni, Massimo
A1  - Stanley, H. Eugene
PB  - Elsevier
ER  -