The age distribution of business firms

We investigate upon the shape and the determinants of the age distribution of business firms. By employing a novel dataset covering the population of French businesses, we highlight that a geometric law provides a reasonable approximation for the age distribution. However, relevant systematic deviat...

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Published in:Journal of evolutionary economics 2022, Vol.32 (1), p.205-245
Main Authors: Calvino, Flavio, Giachini, Daniele, Guerini, Mattia
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subjects Age
Age distribution
Approximation
Companies
Economic Growth
Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods
Economics
Economics and Finance
Employment
Entrepreneurship
Exports
Innovations
Institutional/Evolutionary Economics
Job creation
Microeconomics
R & D/Technology Policy
Regular Article
Stochastic models
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