%X  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.
%L eprints638
%D 2008
%A Fabio Pammolli
%A Jakub Growiec
%A Massimo Riccaboni
%A H. Eugene Stanley
%K Tail behavior; Firm size distribution; Gibrat Law; Pareto distribution; Lognormal distribution
%N 2
%R 10.1016/j.econlet.2007.04.031
%J Economics Letters
%P 207 - 212
%T On the size distribution of business firms
%I Elsevier
%V 98
%O JEL classification codes: L11; L65