This paper examines the evolution of a skew distribution of firm sizes from the viewpoit of the "Bounds" approach to market structure. It confines attention to the role played by non-strategic factors (statistical independence, and cost side eddects). A model is proposed, which leads toa...

The study investigates changes in the number and the size distribution of firms in Sweden in the period 1968-1993. The number and the size distribution of Sedish firms are compared to the number and the size distribution of firms in eleven European countries.

This paper examines the evolution of a skew distribution of firm sizes from the viewpoint of the 'Bounds' approach to market structure. It confines attention to the role played by non-strategic factors (statistical independence, and cost side effects). A model is proposed, which leads to a...