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Advances in Mathematical Physics
Volume 2016, Article ID 9303480, 6 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9303480
Research Article

Firm Growth Function and Extended-Gibrat’s Property

Atushi Ishikawa,1 Shouji Fujimoto,1 Takayuki Mizuno,2,3,4,5,6 and Tsutomu Watanabe5,6

1Kanazawa Gakuin University, 10 Sue, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-1392, Japan
2National Institute of Informatics, 2-1-2 Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8430, Japan
3Department of Informatics, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, 2-1-2 Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8430, Japan
4PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 7 Gobancho, Chiyodaku, Tokyo 102-0076, Japan
5Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
6The Canon Institute for Global Studies, 5-1 Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-6511, Japan

Received 21 September 2015; Accepted 6 March 2016

Academic Editor: Doojin Ryu

Copyright © 2016 Atushi Ishikawa et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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