Title of article
On the size distribution of business firms
Author/Authors
Jakub Growiec، نويسنده , , Fabio Pammolli، نويسنده , , Massimo Riccaboni، نويسنده , , H. Eugene Stanley، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2008
Pages
6
From page
207
To page
212
Abstract
The size distribution of business firms is explained using number and size of firmsʹ 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
Keywords
Pareto distribution , Gibrat Law , lognormal distribution , tail behavior , Firm size distribution
Journal title
Economics Letters
Serial Year
2008
Journal title
Economics Letters
Record number
436389
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