The ABCs of Firm Heterogeneity When Firms Sort into Markets: The Case of Exporters.

We develop a novel methodology for disentangling the demand and cost drivers of firm heterogeneity when firms sort themselves into different markets, and we apply it to export status differences. Our methodology results in joint estimates of firm-level productivity and of markups in every market, wi...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Political Economy Vol. 132; no. 4; pp. 1162 - 1209
Main Authors: Blum, Bernardo S., Claro, Sebastian, Horstmann, Ignatius, Rivers, David A.
Format: Article
Published: University of Chicago Press Apr2024
Subjects:
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost