Sunk Costs, Market Contestability, and the Size Distribution of Firms

In this paper we offer a new economic explanation for the observed inter-industry differences in the size distribution of firms. Our empirical estimates based on three temporal (1982, 1987, and 1992) cross-sections of the four-digit US manufacturing industries indicate that increased market contesta...

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Main Authors: Kessides, Ioannis N., Tang, Li
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4622