This paper examines the longevity of entrants. We find size to be an important determinant of the chances of survival …, this being particularly relevant to de novo entrants as compared to entry by established firms. Current size is also found … to be a better predictor of failure than initial size. Moreover, our findings indicate that, after controlling for size …

firm level data for manufacturing and service sectors to show that markups are lower when taking into account fixed input … factors. We find that the average price-cost margin of manufacturing firms is 0.041, compared to 0.090 when we do not control … manufacturing. …

This paper examines the frequency, pervasiveness and determinants of product switching among U.S. manufacturing firms … increase in real U.S. manufacturing shipments between 1972 and 1997 is due to the net adding and dropping of products by …

. Despite the renewed interest in economic geography, the existing literature on the firm size distribution (FSD) has ignored … Mata, 2003; Angelini and Generale 2008, AER) and a component of this literature has focused on the size of the new firm … start-ups. However, while the impact of firm-specific and industry-specific characteristics on size of new firms has been …

transition process in Slovenian manufacturing has been one of just destruction or in contrast one of creative destruction. To … to slowly reforming transition economies where the transition process in manufacturing is characterized by little job …In most transition countries the aggregate level evidence suggests that most industries are just destroying jobs, due …

manufacturing. Using a unique industry dataset compiled from EU KLEMS and PATSTAT, it explores which countries and industries reveal … Denmark have the highest R&D efficiency on average in total manufacturing. However, sector-specific efficiency scores reveal …