entry and exit of firms affect performance and labor productivity. … formal may also have important effects on GDP growth. This chapter presents some stylized facts about firms' entry and exit … and business environment in Tunisia. Data used to analyze patterns of entry and exit in Tunisian manufacturing industries …

total factor productivity. I examine plant-level data and show that some industries experience countercyclical reallocations … produce less of the total output, but during expansions they produce more. These reallocations cause overall productivity to … rise during recessions, and do not reflect the actual path of productivity of a representative firm over the course of the …

How do new firms contribute to industry productivity growth at the time of entry and then subsequently over their … have a negative effect on industry productivity growth initially, but a prolonged process of market selection and exit … during the early stages of the firms’ lifecycle mitigates this negative effect subsequently. The positive productivity …