Firm Lifecycles and External Restructuring

Hyytinen AriMaliranta Mika

This paper studies how firms contribute to the productivity growth of an industry over their lifecycle. We present a decomposition method that allows us to condition the components of productivity growth on the age of production units. We find evidence for a prolonged positive exit effect that mirrors market selection during the early stages of firms’ lifecycle. This effect is tightly related to the negative initial productivity effect of entry. We also find some evidence that productivity-enhancing reallocation of resources between firms is concentrated on the middle aged firms.

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Serie
Discussion Papers no. 1253
Datum
2011
Nyckelord
productivity, decomposition, lifecycle, entry, exit
JEL
O12,O14,O47
Sidor
42
Pris
10 €
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Språk
Engelska