Exploring reallocation’s apparent weak contribution to growth

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 187-210

  Nishida, Mitsukuni ^a   Petrin, Amil ^b,c   Polanec, Sašo ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Aggregate productivity growth; Labor productivity; Plant level data; Reallocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920588147     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-013-0380-9     Document Type: Article

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