An empirical model of growth through product innovation

Econometrica

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1317-1373

  Lentz, Rasmus ^a,b   Mortensen, Dale T ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Institute for the Study of Labor   (Germany)

Author keywords

Firm dynamics; Firm panel data estimation; Labor productivity growth; Worker reallocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349146205     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA5997     Document Type: Article

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