Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5060769 | Economics Letters | 2012 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
⺠Assess the impact of firm size on exit during crises. ⺠Use a unique longitudinal database with all firms with wage earners in Portugal from 1988 until 2005. ⺠Estimate a piecewise constant hazard model. ⺠During downturns size reduces firms' exit risk by less; the hazard rate increases more rapidly in size.
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Authors
Celeste Amorim Varum, Vera Catarina Rocha,