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Recent developments in the Dutch firm-size distribution

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This study investigates the development of the firm-size distribution in the Netherlands using various measures. Data are used for the period 1978 through 1989 covering practically the entire Dutch private sector. The results show a general tendency towards smaller firm sizes in manufacturing industries until 1986, but indicate an opposite development after that year. This tendency towards larger firm sizes after 1986 is also encountered for non-manufacturing industries.

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  1. Econometric Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Martin Carree

  2. Econometric Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Roy Thurik

  3. Research Institute for Small and Medium-Sized Business, P.O. Box 7001, 2701 AA, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands

    Roy Thurik

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This study is part of a research program carried out at the Centre for Advanced Small Business Economics (CASBEC) of the Erasmus University Rotterdam. The authors are grateful to Jan van Dalen, Aad Kleijweg, Jeroen Potjes and Wim Verhoeven for helpful comments and Herman van Schaik for elaborating the original data files. The authors acknowledge a research grant from the “Stichting KMO-fonds”.

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Carree, M., Thurik, R. Recent developments in the Dutch firm-size distribution. Small Bus Econ 3, 261–268 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01840608

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