The contributions of entry and exit of firms to aggregate productivity growth are well-established in the literature …. However, the impact of industry switching of firms on productivity remains overlooked. The purpose of this report is to shed … both positive and negative contributions to aggregate productivity in different periods. Intra-industry switching had …

work, we present a simple model where the effect of agricultural productivity on industrial development depends on the … soybean seeds in Brazil, which had heterogeneous effects on agricultural productivity across areas with different soil and …

work, we present a simple model where the effect of agricultural productivity on industrial development depends on the … soybean seeds in Brazil, which had heterogeneous effects on agricultural productivity across areas with different soil and …

further use the Olley-Pakes methodology to estimate total factor productivity (TFP) and show that TFP has increased in most …