Eslava Mejía, Marcela; Haltiwanger, John C.; Kugler, … - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2009
We use plant output and input prices to decompose the profit margin into four parts:productivity, demand shocks, mark-ups and input costs. We find that each of these marketfundamentals are important in explaining plant exit. We then use variation across sectors intariff changes after the...