Li, Yu; Jolly, Robert William; Orazem, Peter F. - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2009
We introduce a taxonomy that classifies industries using three criteria: net growth in thenumber of firms; the interrelationship between firm entry and firm exit; and the degree of urbanbiasin industry growth. We show that in 9 of 15 two-digit NAICS industries investigated, thereis evidence of...