On the Mechanics of Firm Growth
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- Erzo G. J. Luttmer, 2010. "On the mechanics of firm growth," Staff Report 440, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
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firm size; productivity; replication;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L1 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance
- O3 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BEC-2007-11-10 (Business Economics)
- NEP-ENT-2007-11-10 (Entrepreneurship)
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