This paper explores the determinants of start-up size by focusing on a cohort of 6,247 businesses that started trading in 2004, using a unique dataset on customer records at Barclays Bank. Quantile regressions show that prior business experience is significantly related with start-up size, as...

This important new reference work constitutes the first comprehensive collection of writings on the major financial centres of the world. Publication is timely in view of the moves to European financial integration, the dynamic rise of new centres, particula