Eslava, Marcela; Haltiwanger, John C.; Kugler, Adriana; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We use plant output and input prices to decompose the profit margin into four parts: productivity, demand shocks, mark … the impact of productivity, and other market fundamentals, on plant exit. A dynamic simulation that compares the … distribution of productivity with and without the trade reform shows that improvements in market selection from trade reform help …