Collard-Wexler, Allan; Loecker, Jan De - Griswold Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department … - 2012
This paper studies the role of technology and competition in industry-wide productivity growth. We rely on a unique … technology, the minimill, on aggregate productivity. In addition we trace out its associated impact on productivity and market … of time and lead to substantial productivity growth for the industry as a whole. More specifically, we find that the …