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Firm Size and Optimal Growth Rates

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  • Uzi Segal

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  • Avia Spivak

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  • Uzi Segal & Avia Spivak, 1986. "Firm Size and Optimal Growth Rates," UCLA Economics Working Papers 380, UCLA Department of Economics.
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