Power Laws in Firm Size and Openness to Trade : Measurement and Implications /

Existing estimates of power laws in firm size typically ignore the impact of international trade. Using a simple theoretical framework, we show that international trade systematically affects the distribution of firm size: the power law exponent among exporting firms should be strictly lower in abso...

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Auteur principal: Levchenko, Andrei
Autres auteurs: Di Giovanni, Julian, Ranciere, Romain
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/109
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