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Growth and Size of Firms

Hart, Peter E., Oulton, Nicholas·1996·The Economic Journal
DOI 10.2307/2235518
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We use a dataset of 87,000 independent UK companies to investigate the relationship between firm size and growth. For the sample as a whole, a Galton-Markov model of regression towards the mean shows that growth is negatively related to initial size. However, when the sample is broken down by size group, we find that regression towards the mean only occurs for the smallest firms, e.g. those with eight employees or less. For larger firms, there is essentially no relationship between growth and size. Even for the smallest firm, our results may be due to transitory factors.

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Authors
Hart, P. E., & Oulton, N.
Venue
The Economic Journal
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
1996-09
Volume
106
Issue
438
Pages
1242
ISSN
0013-0133 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.2307/2235518
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W2020956163
Cited by
409
References
2
FWCI
21.14
Type
journal article
Language
en
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