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A risk map of markups : why we observe mixed behaviors of markups
Kim, Seonghoon; Moon, Seongman - 2014
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Skill shortages in German establishments
Bellmann, Lutz; Hübler, Olaf - 2014
This paper investigates the development of skill shortage during the period 2007-2012. Using the IAB establishment panel, we find differences for the years before, during and after the Great Recession. Furthermore, we analyze the importance of firm characteristics and that of some specific...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010379219
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The role of education in self-employment success
Kangasharju, Aki (contributor);  … - 2001 - [Elektronische Ressource]
This paper analyses the effect of the education of the self-employed on the success of their firms during economic downturn and upturn in the 1990s in Finland. We find that the business cycle affects the relative closure rates of firms run by the self-employed with any level of education. Exit...
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Financial Development and Long-Run Volatility Trends
Wang, Pengfei - 2013
Countries with more developed financial markets (as measured by the private debt-to-GDP ratio) tend to have significantly lower aggregate volatility. This relationship is also highly non-linear starting from a low level of financial development the reduction in aggregate volatility by financial...
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The Within-Distribution Business Cycle Dynamics of German Firms
Döpke, Jörg - 2016
We analyse stylised facts for Germany's business cycle at the firm level. Based on longitudinal firm-level data from the Bundesbank's balance sheet statistics covering, on average, 55,000 firms per year from 1971 to 1998, we estimate transition probabilities of a firm in a certain real sales...
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The Cross-Sectional Dynamics of German Business Cycles : A Bird's Eye View
Döpke, Jörg - 2016
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Dispersion over the business cycle : passthrough, productivity, and demand
Carlsson, Mikael; Clymo, Alex; Joslin, Knut-Eric - 2022
We characterize the dispersion of firm-level productivity and demand shocks using Swedish microdata including prices and utilization and analyse the consequences for firms and the aggregate economy. Demand dispersion increases by more than TFPQ dispersion in recessions. Productivity shocks pass...
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Firm heterogeneity and regional business cycles differentials
Basile, Roberto; De Nardis, Sergio; Pappalardo, Carmine - 2012
This study represents a first attempt to empirically analyze the role of firm heterogeneity in regional business cycle behaviour. Working with monthly Italy's firms data and estimating a random effects ordered probit model, we first document sizable asymmetries in Northern and Southern firms...
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Dispersion over the business cycle : passthrough, productivity, and demand?
Carlsson, Mikael; Clymo, Alex; Joslin, Knut-Eric - 2023
We characterize the dispersion of firm-level productivity and demand shocks over the business cycle using Swedish microdata including prices and analyse the consequences for firms and the aggregate economy. Demand dispersion increases by more than productivity dispersion in recessions....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013488861
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Productivity, markups, and reallocation : evidence from French manufacturing firms from 1994 to 2016
De Monte, Enrico - 2024
This paper investigates the evolution of aggregate productivity and markups among French manufacturing firms between … markups are estimated based on a gross output translog production function using popular estimation methods. I find an … aggregate productivity growth of about 34% over the whole period while aggregate markups are found to remain relatively stable …
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