Generalising Gibrat: Using Chinese evidence founded on fieldwork

Gavin C Reid; Zhibin Xu

doi:DOI: 10.1007/s11187-011-9338-3

Generalising Gibrat: Using Chinese evidence founded on fieldwork

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This paper reports on determinants of small firm growth and survival, using fieldwork evidence collected by face-to-face and telephone interviews. It extends the 'basic' size-age model to a 'comprehensive' growth model with two types of additional explanatory variables: firm specific; and business environmental. Estimation is by log-linear regression on Chinese cross-section data, with corrections for sample selection bias and heteroskedasticity. Our results from the comprehensive model highlight the importance of location choice and customer orientation for the growth of Chinese private firms.

Keywords: models of small firm growth, choice of location, customer orientation, Chinese private firms

JEL Codes: D21, M13, L25, L26

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1017-1029
Number of pages	12
Journal	Small Business Economics
Volume	39
Issue number	4
Early online date	5 Apr 2011
DOIs	https://doi.org/DOI: 10.1007/s11187-011-9338-3
Publication status	Published - Nov 2012

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models of small firm growth, choice of location, customer orientation, Chinese private firms

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