Did Information Technologies Shift Upward Multifactor Productivity in the 90s? Evidence from French Firm Level Data

2005 ◽  
pp. 563
Author(s):  
CRÉPON ◽  
HECKEL ◽  
RIEDINGER
Keyword(s):  
Information Technologies ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Multifactor Productivity ◽  
French Firm ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Firm Level Data

scholarly journals Firm Sorting and Agglomeration

2018 ◽  
Vol 108 (11) ◽  
pp. 3117-3153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecile Gaubert
Keyword(s):  
General Equilibrium ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Heterogeneous Firms ◽  
Agglomeration Economies ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
French Firm ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Firm Level Data ◽  
Aggregate Effects

To account for the uneven distribution of economic activity in space, I propose a theory of the location choices of heterogeneous firms in a variety of sectors across cities. In equilibrium, the distribution of city sizes and the sorting patterns of firms are uniquely determined and affect aggregate TFP and welfare. I estimate the model using French firm-level data and find that nearly half of the productivity advantage of large cities is due to firm sorting, the rest coming from agglomeration economies. I quantify the general equilibrium effects of place-based policies: policies that subsidize smaller cities have negative aggregate effects. (JEL D22, D24, R11, R32)

Productivity and R&D as Drivers of Exports and Domestic Sales: Semi-parametric Evidence from French Firm-level Data

World Economy ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (7) ◽  
pp. 1115-1129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter H. Egger ◽  
Katharina Erhardt ◽  
Andrea Lassmann
Keyword(s):  
Firm Level ◽  
French Firm ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Firm Level Data
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