The validity of Gibrat's law in developed and developing countries (2008–2013): Comparison based assessment

IA Nassar, MK Almsafir, MH Al-Mahrouq - Procedia-Social and Behavioral …, 2014 - Elsevier
… the validity of Gibrats Law in developing countries based in developed countries. In this paper
… objective of this study is to investigate the validity of Gibrats Law in developing countries. …

Gibrat's law for countries

R González-Val, M Sanso-Navarro - Journal of population economics, 2010 - Springer
… Abstract A reassessment of Gibrats Law in the context of country size is carried out in this …
and countries is analyzed from a temporal perspective. Although evidence of Gibrats Law is …

Gibrat's law: An overview of the empirical literature

E Santarelli, L Klomp, AR Thurik - … growth, and innovation: The dynamics of …, 2006 - Springer
… the downsizing of large and inefficient state-owned enterprises; Negative relationship
between size and growth is found for all five countries, leading to a rejection of Gibrat 's Law. …

When is Gibrat's law a law?

SO Daunfeldt, N Elert - Small Business Economics, 2013 - Springer
… Controlling for industry size, we also find that Gibrats law is more likely to be rejected for
industries characterized by a high MES and a high share of firms located in metropolitan areas. …

New evidence on Gibrat's law for cities

R González-Val, L Lanaspa, F Sanz-Gracia - Urban Studies, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
… of Gibrats law on the growth of cities, using data on the complete distribution of cities without
size restrictions in three countries … empirical examination of Gibrats law to date, considering …

Gibrat's law and diversification

G Bottazzi, A Secchi - Industrial and Corporate Change, 2006 - academic.oup.com
This article presents an analysis of the growth patterns of the worldwide top 200 firms in the
pharmaceutical industry. A test of the Gibrats Law of Proportionate Effect is performed and …

The validity of Gibrat's law: Evidence from the service sector in Jordan

MK Almsafir, IA Nassar, MH Al-Mahrouq… - … Economics and Finance, 2015 - Elsevier
… A lot of studies on Gibrats Law have been applied in developed countries; however, there
… of Gibrats Law in Jordan. It should be pointed out that our examination of Gibrats Law is …

Gibrat's law and the learning process

M Teruel-Carrizosa - Small Business Economics, 2010 - Springer
This paper discusses the speed of convergence of small firms in the context of Gibrats law
for manufacturing and service industries. We analyze unbalanced panel data from 139,922 …

Cities and countries

AK Rose - 2005 - nber.org
… City Size and City Growth: Gibrats LawGibrats law for cities” says that the expected growth
… evidence in the literature that Gibrats law is an empirical regularity that characterizes city …

Gibrat's Law: Are the services different?

DB Audretsch, L Klomp, E Santarelli… - Review of Industrial …, 2004 - Springer
… Perhaps this oversight is not surprising, since Gibrats Law of Proportional Effect is … case
and application of Gibrats Law; less than one-fifth of employment in the OECD countries is in …