If business firms face a multiplicative growth process in which their growth rates are independent from their sizes … distribution of growth rates cannot be easily reconciled with a Pareto distribution of firm sizes. Recent contributions, using … formal arguments, seems to contrast these statements. We prove that the proposed formal results are wrong. -- Firm Growth …

growth rates of business firms displays a remarkable double-exponential shape. A recent letter propose a possible connection … in subsequent time steps, and performing a qualitative asymptotic analysis, it is suggested that the implied growth rates … levels as stationary stochastic variables and neglects the integrated nature of the growth process. -- Firm Growth ; Size …

growth rates. First, our empirical analysis provides a new look at the international distributions of incomes and growth … rates by investigating more closely the relationship between the two entities and the statistical properties of the growth … growth rates ; firm growth ; scaling laws ; growth volatility ; exponential tails …