, productivity, geography, and plant characteristics are considered. The probability of shutdowns is higher in industries that face …. Conditional on industry and plant characteristics, closures occur more often at plants that are part of a multi-plant firm and at …

Plant shutdowns shape industry productivity, the dynamics of employment, and industrial restructuring. Plant closures … account for more than half of gross job destruction in US manufacturing. This paper examines the effects of firm structure on …

Plant shutdowns shape industry productivity, the dynamics of employment, and industrial restructuring. Plant closures … account for more than half of gross job destruction in US manufacturing. This paper examines the effects of firm structure on …

relationship between the margins of trade and firm productivity, both across firms and within firms over time. In addition, we … and the value of CAT exports responds differently to variation in firm productivity and trade costs than does the export … export data at the firm-product level, we discover new and, heretofore, unknown facts about multi-product manufacturing …

This paper quantifies the origins of firm size heterogeneity when firms are interconnected in a production network … model in which firms buy inputs from upstream suppliers and sell to downstream buyers and final demand. Larger firm size can … suppliers. Downstream factors explain the vast majority of firm size heterogeneity. Firms with higher production capability have …

This paper quantifies the origins of firm size heterogeneity when firms are interconnected in a production network … model in which firms buy inputs from upstream suppliers and sell to downstream buyers and final demand. Larger firm size can … suppliers. Downstream factors explain the vast majority of firm size heterogeneity. Firms with higher production capability have …

This paper quantifies the origins of firm size heterogeneity when firms are interconnected in a production network … model in which firms buy inputs from upstream suppliers and sell to downstream buyers and final demand. Larger firm size can … suppliers. Downstream factors explain the vast majority of firm size heterogeneity. Firms with higher production capability have …