This paper analyses the impact of recessions and booms on firm performance. We look at 70,000 firms in over 100 … is countercyclical. For example, in case of advanced economies, 97 per cent of employment creation is by firms between …. Specifically, when a firm enters the market during good times, they tend to have lower employment and capital than firms that enter …

largest firms are important for an understanding of aggregate volatility in German manufacturing industries. The implications … ; idiosyncratic shocks ; granular residual ; Germany …

largest firms are important for an understanding of aggregate volatility in German manufacturing industries. The implications … ; idiosyncratic shocks ; granular residual ; Germany …

, depending on buyout type and external conditions. Employment at target firms shrinks 13% over two years in buyouts of publicly … listed firms but expands 13% in buyouts of privately held firms, both relative to contemporaneous outcomes at control firms …. Labor productivity rises 8% at targets over two years post buyout (again, relative to controls), with large gains for both …

financial variables of Lithuanian firms. We focus in particular on the issues related to productivity, firm birth and death and … literature: trade participation and firm productivity are strongly positively linked, the 2008 recession has had a cleansing … importing firms since 2000. …

largest firms are important for an understanding of aggregate volatility in German manufacturing industries. The implications …