We disentangle the contribution of unobserved heterogeneity in demand and productivity to firm growth using Italian data containing unique information on firm-level prices. Demand and total factor productivity (TFP) shocks are equally important in shaping firm growth. However, the pass-through of shocks to growth is highly incomplete, more so for productivity shocks. We argue that incompleteness and asymmetry of the pass-through can be explained by frictions that, unlike those studied by the literature on factor misallocation, have differential effects according to the nature of the shock. We propose hurdles to firms' ability to reorganize as an example of these types of frictions.

Demand or productivity: what determines firm growth? / Andrea, Pozzi; Schivardi, Fabiano. - In: RAND JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS. - ISSN 0741-6261. - 47:3(2016), pp. 608-630. [10.1111/1756-2171.12142]

Demand or productivity: what determines firm growth?

SCHIVARDI, FABIANO
2016

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We disentangle the contribution of unobserved heterogeneity in demand and productivity to firm growth using Italian data containing unique information on firm-level prices. Demand and total factor productivity (TFP) shocks are equally important in shaping firm growth. However, the pass-through of shocks to growth is highly incomplete, more so for productivity shocks. We argue that incompleteness and asymmetry of the pass-through can be explained by frictions that, unlike those studied by the literature on factor misallocation, have differential effects according to the nature of the shock. We propose hurdles to firms' ability to reorganize as an example of these types of frictions.
2016
Economics and Econometrics
Demand or productivity: what determines firm growth? / Andrea, Pozzi; Schivardi, Fabiano. - In: RAND JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS. - ISSN 0741-6261. - 47:3(2016), pp. 608-630. [10.1111/1756-2171.12142]
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