Abraham Assefa, Darya Lapitskaya and Lenno Uusküla

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Productivity and Firm Dynamics over the Business Cycle

The paper studies the effects of technology shocks on the creation and destruction of firms. Using US data and a VAR model the paper finds Schumpeterian creative destruction for investment-specific technology shocks. A positive investment-specific technology shock increases the number of firms opening, but also leads to a higher number of firms closing. In contrast, […]

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