Gibrat's distribution is a continuous distribution in which the logarithm of a variable has a normal distribution ,
(1)
defined over the interval . It is a special case of the log
normal distribution
(2)
with
and ,
and so has distribution function
(3)
The mean , variance , skewness ,
and kurtosis excess are then given by
See also Log Normal Distribution
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References Gibrat, R. Les Inégalités économiques. Paris: Recueil Sirey, 1931. Mansfield, E. "Entry, Gibrat's Law,
Innovation, and the Growth of Firms." Amer. Econ. Rev. 52 , 1023-1051,
1962. Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha Gibrat's Distribution
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