Castro, Rui Luís de; Lee, Yoonsoo; Clementi, Gian Luca - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
We estimate the volatility of plant-level idiosyncratic shocks in the U.S. manufacturing sector. Our measure of volatility is the variation in Revenue Total Factor Productivity which is not explained by either industry- or economy-wide factors, or by establishments' characteristics. Consistent...