Comparative analysis of firm demographics and survival: micro-level evidence for the OECD countries

Abstract

The authors would like to thank the participants of the firm-level project co-ordinated through efforts of the OECD. We are also grateful to John Haltiwanger, Jacques Mairesse, Stephen Nickell and Paul Geroski for their comments at the “OECD Technical Meeting on the OECD Firm-level Study”, 12 January, 2001. Special thanks are due to Phillip Hemmings for illuminating discussions and help in assembling the database. We also acknowledge many