?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fmpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de%2F13519%2F&rft.title=Gibrat%E2%80%99s+law+for+countries&rft.creator=Gonz%C3%A1lez-Val%2C+Rafael&rft.creator=Sanso-Navarro%2C+Marcos&rft.subject=F00+-+General&rft.subject=C14+-+Semiparametric+and+Nonparametric+Methods%3A+General&rft.subject=C12+-+Hypothesis+Testing%3A+General&rft.subject=C23+-+Panel+Data+Models+%3B+Spatio-temporal+Models&rft.subject=R12+-+Size+and+Spatial+Distributions+of+Regional+Economic+Activity&rft.description=If+the+population+of+a+given+country+evolves+according+to+Gibrat'%EF%BF%BDs+Law%2C+its+growth+rate+will+be+independent+of+its+initial+size.+This+short+paper+further+investigates+this+empirical+regularity+by+the+application+of+a+suitable+panel+unit+root+test+and+non-parametric+methods.+The+evidence+regarding+its+fulfilment+is+weaker+than+that+previously+found.&rft.date=2008-06-23&rft.type=MPRA+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fmpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de%2F13519%2F1%2FMPRA_paper_13519.pdf&rft.identifier=++Gonz%C3%A1lez-Val%2C+Rafael+and+Sanso-Navarro%2C+Marcos++(2008)%3A+Gibrat%E2%80%99s+law+for+countries.++++&rft.language=en