This paper combines different strands of the productivity literature to investigate the effect of idiosyncratic (firm …-country differences in key economic outcomes, such as productivity or output per capita, to differences in policies and institutions that … determinants of productivity at the firm-level and the evolution of the distribution of productivity across firms within each …

face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and the average productivity of survivors increases. These pro …

decomposition technique to better reflect the role of firm entry, we find that reallocation rates and productivity contributions are …We analyze comprehensive manufacturing firm data to measure the contribution of inter-firm employment reallocation to … aggregate productivity growth during the socialist and reform periods in six transition economies. Modifying a standard …

values of the standard Solow productivity residual. The equivalence holds if the representative household maximizes utility …

How do economic reforms affect resource reallocation processes and their contributions to productivity growth? This …, privatization is estimated to have positive effects on productivity-enhancing reallocation, but there is less evidence of such … in the former Soviet Republics of Russia and Ukraine. Analyzing interfirm reallocation of output, labor, capital, and an …

consumers has inspired the development of a new brand of trade theory, the theory of heterogeneous firms and trade. The …

it improves aggregate productivity net of transport costs. We show that this condition is likely to be met by a reduction …

international sourcing of materials depends on a firm’s productivity and the availability of local services. These predictions are …

-level demand shock, which is biased towards low-skill intensive products. Consistent with this, an increase in Chinese import …

improve the business conditions in one country have negative productivity and welfare effects on the trading partner. Second …