• Title of article

    Does uncertainty influence the number of firms in an industry?

  • Author/Authors

    Ghosal، نويسنده , , Vivek ، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1996
  • Pages
    8
  • From page
    229
  • To page
    236
  • Abstract
    We present evidence on the impact of uncertainty on the number of firms in an industry using data on a cross-section of US manufacturing industries. Results show that greater price uncertainty significantly decreases the number of firms in an industry.
  • Keywords
    Market structure , Price uncertainty
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Serial Year
    1996
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Record number

    434056