Statistical regularity of firm size distribution: the Pareto IV and truncated Yule for Italian SCI manufacturing

DOI10.1007/s10260-006-0023-7zbMath1157.62558OpenAlexW2009493657MaRDI QIDQ1001746

Lisa Crosato, Piero Ganugi

Publication date: 24 February 2009

Published in: Statistical Methods and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10260-006-0023-7

zbMATH Keywords

Pareto distributionsGibrat's lawYule distribution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics in engineering and industry; control charts (62P30) Exact distribution theory in statistics (62E15)

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