decomposition is shown in a model featuring heterogeneous multiproduct firms, oligopolistic competition and free firm entry. When … firm-level productivity decreases while the dispersion rises up, firm product scope decreases and sums up to a lower number …

of entry and exit of U.S. manufacturing plants, in terms of employment and productivity, between 1972 and 1997. We show … how entry and exit patterns vary during the business cycle, and that the cyclical pattern of entry is very different from … the cyclical pattern of exit. Second, we build a general equilibrium model of plant entry, exit, and employment and …

This paper documents the cyclical patterns of business entry and exit dynamism in the US using the Business Dynamic … procyclical while the exit margin shows little cyclicality. In addition to the entry and exit rates, the numbers and relative … Statistics (BDS) dataset. The main finding is that, for both firms and establishments, the entry margin is significantly …

studies firm entry and exit in foreign markets and their role in the post-recession recovery of U.S. exports using … larger export volumes, however, compensating for the decline in the number of exporting firms. Thus, while entry and exit …

We characterize the dispersion of firm-level productivity and demand shocks using Swedish microdata including prices … TFPQ dispersion in recessions. Productivity shocks pass through incompletely to prices and have limited effect on sales … facts, demand dispersion has unambiguously negative effects on output via a "wait and see" channel. Productivity dispersion …