manufacturing activity. We document that temperature shocks significantly increase energy costs and lower the productivity of small …

We revisit the long-standing empirical evidence of an inverse relationship between farm size and productivity using … in the literature, but positively related to farm productivity (a farm-specific component of total factor productivity … evaluating the role of farm-specific distortions. Our findings point to the limited value of yields (or land productivity) in …

classifications used by statistical agencies. Standard theories attribute all such size differences to productivity differences. This …

, scope, and productivity. Our model explains two puzzles. First, it explains the well-known size-discount puzzle: large firms … our model, globalization not only affects the distribution of observed productivities but also productivity at the firm …