This paper investigates the extent to which productivity growth is the result of turnover - the process that shifts … continuing producers. The paper proposes a method for measuring the impact of plant turnover on productivity growth and outlines …

structure on firm conduct and productivity in a rapidly innovating industry. Both industries were competitive in the 1880s, and … formation of the Tobacco Trust in 1890, U.S. productivity growth slowed and the UK assumed the productivity lead. Productivity …-trust action in 1911. This case provides examples of competition leading to more rapid productivity growth through both more rapid …

technology imported from non-leaders increases exports by about 28 percent. -- Technology Choice ; Exporting ; Productivity … performance. The magnitude of the effect is large: a one percent increase in spending on technology increases exports by 30 … spending on technology imported from leaders increases exports by 176 percent, whereas a one percent increase in spending on …

productivity of larger firms relative to smaller firms. In particular, collusion is associated with a reduction or even a reversal … of the productivity gap between larger and smaller firms. This result is robust to controlling for the potential … endogeneity of collusion. -- Competition ; collusion ; productivity …

Trade and growth theories predict a mutual causation of innovation and exports. We test empirically whether innovation … causes exports using a uniquely rich German micro dataset. To overcome the potential endogeneity, we need to identify … variations in innovations that are exogenous to exports. We argue that this instrumental variable strategy yields estimates of …

Trade and growth theories predict a mutual causation of innovation and exports. We test empirically whether innovation … causes exports using a uniquely rich German micro dataset. Our instrumental-variable strategy identifies variation in …

Trade and growth theories predict a mutual causation of innovation and exports. We test empirically whether innovation … causes exports using a uniquely rich German micro dataset. Our instrumental-variable strategy identifies variation in …

. As a result, aggregate sectoral innovation may rise or decline, depending on the productivity distribution of the …