1992): (H1) Firms that exit in year t were in t-1 less productive than firms that continue to produce in t. (H2) Firms that … enter in year t are less productive than incumbent firms in year t. (H3) Surviving firms from an entry cohort were more … productive than non-surviving firms from this cohort in the start year. Results for Spain support all three hypotheses. This …

We utilize a new survey on Norwegian firms' digitalization and technology investments, linked to population …-wide register data, to show that the pandemic massively disrupted the technology investment plans of firms, not only postponing … investments, but also introducing new technologies. More productive firms innovated, while less productive firms postponed …

concentrated in a small number of firms. In this paper, we show that these two phenomena are linked. Theoretically, we show that … shocks that increase concentration will also lead to an increase in wage dispersion between firms. Empirically, we use …-tically significant correlation between concentration and between-firm wage inequality, driven by increases in market shares and wages in …

This paper documents the relationship between foreign ownership and firm survival forenterprises in Germany using … the first evidence on the role of foreign ownership for firm survival inGermany, one of the most important destination …

A recent survey of 54 micro-econometric studies reveals that exporting firms are moreproductive than non-exporters. On … reason for this result isthat most previous studies are restricted to analysing the relationship between a firm …'s exportstatus and the growth of its labour productivity, using the firms' export status as a binarytreatment variable and comparing …

subject to nonconvex adjustment costs. The dataset concerns Norwegian plants operating in manufacturing industries and it …

This paper documents the relationship between foreign ownership and firm survival for enterprises in Germany using … providing the first evidence on the role of foreign ownership for firm survival in Germany, one of the most important … for foreign owned firms in West Germany but not in East Germany …

using nationally representative survey data of Indian manufacturing enterprises for the period 1995-2006. In these years of … account for 90 percent of total manufacturing employment. In order to contrast between a 'modernization' and a 'stagnation … traditional informal activities is related to increased outsourcing by formal manufacturing enterprises …