Published:
Cambridge, Mass: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2019
Published in:NBER working paper series ; no. w25529
Extent:
1 Online-Ressource; illustrations (black and white)
Language:
English
DOI:
10.3386/w25529
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Mode of access: World Wide Web
Description:
We study the evolution of super star firms in the U.S. economy over the past 60 years. Contrary to common wisdom, super stars firms have not become larger, have not become more productive, and the contribution of star firms to aggregate U.S. productivity growth has fallen by more than one third since 2000