American Economic Journal:
Macroeconomics
ISSN 1945-7707 (Print) | ISSN 1945-7715 (Online)
Entry, Exit, Firm Dynamics, and Aggregate Fluctuations
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics
vol. 8,
no. 3, July 2016
(pp. 1–41)
Abstract
Firm entry and exit amplify and propagate the effects of aggregate shocks, leading to greater persistence and unconditional variation of aggregate quantities. Following a positive aggregate shock, entry rises. As in the data, entrants are small and their initial impact on aggregate dynamics is negligible. However, as the common productivity component reverts to its unconditional mean, the youngsters that survive grow larger, generating a wider and longer expansion than in a scenario without entry or exit. The model also identifies a causal link between the drop in establishments at the outset of the Great Recession and the subsequent slow recovery.Citation
Clementi, Gian Luca, and Berardino Palazzo. 2016. "Entry, Exit, Firm Dynamics, and Aggregate Fluctuations." American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 8 (3): 1–41. DOI: 10.1257/mac.20150017Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- D21 Firm Behavior: Theory
- D25 Intertemporal Firm Choice, Investment, Capacity, and Financing
- E22 Investment; Capital; Intangible Capital; Capacity
- E24 Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
- E32 Business Fluctuations; Cycles
- G31 Capital Budgeting; Fixed Investment and Inventory Studies; Capacity
- L11 Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
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