Abstract
In this thesis I analyse a wide panel data set from the Central Coordinating Register of Legal Entities (VoF) of Norwegian firms between 2007 and 2016. The main goal is to present an analysis of the distribution of Norwegian firm growth-rates, and to identify important firm- and industry specific determinants of these growth rates. Further, a main goal of the thesis is to distinguish between how the determinants affect the different parts of the firm growth-rate distribution, and to identify whether any of these determinants are particularly important for achieving high growth rates. The main way to identify these differences will be the Quantile Regression method, which allows me to identify how the different determinants are affecting different parts of the distribution.