Z. L. Yang and Y. K. Tse, "Modeling firm-size distribution using Box-Cox heteroscedastic regression", Journal of Applied Econometrics, Vol. 21, 2006, pp. 641-653. The data source used in this paper was documented in the paper by Machado and Mata, "Box-Cox quantile regression and the distribution of firm sizes" Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2000, 253-274. Instructions for retrieving the data can be found in the paper. Y. K. Tse yktse [AT] smu.edu.sg