Table 1.
Descriptive statistics.
Fig 1.
Empirical density of the logarithm of sales.
The figure shows the density of the logarithm of the sales variable (log (Sales)) resulting from a smoothing of the corresponding histogram. The panel (a) represents the total of the domain and (b) a detail of the left tails, where the smallest firms in terms of sales are located. Sales were divided by the factor 108.
Table 2.
Estimates of firm size distribution using a lognormal and log-semi-nonparametric distribution.
Fig 2.
Logarithm of firm size vs. logarithm of sales.
The figure compares the empirical values (hollow points) and the estimated values under a lognormal specification (dashed line) and log-SNP (solid line). The axes are in logarithmic scale and correspond to the relationship between Rank and Sales for a sample of 1,772 Colombian firms. Sales were divided by the factor 108.
Table 3.
Sales obtained empirically versus values expected theoretically using a lognormal distribution and log-semi-nonparametric distribution.
Fig 3.
Dynamics of the empirical and theoretical value of the Gini index.
The figure compares the time evolution of the empirical values of the Gini index (solid circle) and the theoretically estimated values under a lognormal (square) and log-SNP (triangle) specification.
Fig 4.
Dynamics of the empirical and theoretical value of the GE index.
The figure compares the time evolution of the empirical values of the GE index with alpha = 0 (solid circle) and the theoretically estimated values under a lognormal (square) and log-SNP (triangle) specification.
Table 4.
Determinants of business growth.