Firm Dynamics: Variation in Profitability Across Canadian Firms of Different Sizes, 2000 to 2009
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Are small firms more profitable than large firms? This paper uses a longitudinal firm-level dataset to explore the financial performance of firms across size classes, and across industries and provinces during the 2000-to-2009 period. It also examines the volatility of profitability across firm size classes.Download Info
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Paper provided by Statistics Canada, Economic Analysis Division in its series The Canadian Economy in Transition with number 2012026e.Length:
Date of creation: 31 Jul 2012
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Handle: RePEc:stc:stcp1e:2012026e
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Keywords: Business performance and ownership; Financial statements and performance; Small and medium-sized businesses;This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:
- NEP-ALL-2012-09-03 (All new papers)
- NEP-BEC-2012-09-03 (Business Economics)
- NEP-HME-2012-09-03 (Heterodox Microeconomics)
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