Misallocation, Establishment Size, and Productivity

By Pedro H S Bento, Diego Restuccia. 2017

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Land Reform and Productivity: A Quantitative Analysis with Micro Data (2019, unknown): “However, it is understood that the same policies that lead to misallocation of resources among a given set of heterogeneous producers can also impact their dynamic decisions such as investment in productivity and operation (Hsieh and Klenow, 2014; Bento and Restuccia, 2017; Restuccia and Rogerson, 2”
The Multiprod project: A comprehensive overview (2017, background): “Bento and Restuccia (2016) address the issue of different definitions of the employment variable (persons engaged vs.”
Exporter behavior, country size and stage of development: evidence from the exporter dynamics database (2015, unknown): “top of the distribution is consistent with better resource allocation across firms in more developed countries along the lines suggested by Bento and Restuccia (2014), where the most productive”
The Firm Size Distribution Across Countries and Skill-Biased Change in Entrepreneurial Technology (2018, background): “Tybout (2000), Alfaro, Charlton and Kanczuk (2009) and Bento and Restuccia (2017)). A common view is that the differences observed across rich and poor countries reflect distortions. In this paper, I argue that development is associated with systematic changes in the firm size distribution and that ”
Heterogeneous Markups, Growth, and Endogenous Misallocation (2020, background): “A recent literature has also studied how such exogenous distortions affect firm growth and entry (see, for example, Hsieh and Klenow (2014), Bento and Restuccia (2017), DaRocha et al. (2017), Fattal Jaef (2018) and Buera and Fattal Jaef (2016)).”
Firm Dynamics, Productivity Growth, and Job Creation in Developing Countries: The Role of Micro- and Small Enterprises (2015, unknown): “An important insight by Birch and Medoff (1994) is the distinction among “mice”, “gazelles”, and “elephants”.”
Misallocation and Capital Market Integration: Evidence From India (2020, unknown): “Yet, in low-income countries, where there are likely to be large firm-level frictions in the allocation of resources (Hsieh and Klenow, 2009; Bento and Restuccia, 2017), policies that reduce misallocation could prove to be a powerful tool to foster economic growth.”
The Sources of Capital Misallocation (2019, unknown): “Similarly, a number of recent papers examine the impact of distortions on the life cycle of the firm and the distribution of productivity itself, e.g., Hsieh and Klenow ( 2014 ) ; Bento and Restuccia ( 2017 ) ; and Da-Rocha, Tavares, and Restuccia ( 2017 ) .”
Export Markets and Labor Allocation in a Low-Income Country (2018, unknown): “Recent exceptions include Hsieh and Olken (2014) and Bento and Restuccia (2016).”