Ryan A. Decker
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American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics | 2016
Ryan A. Decker; Pablo D'Erasmo; Hernan J. Moscoso Boedo
We propose a theory of endogenous firm-level risk over the business cycle based on endogenous market exposure. Firms that reach a larger number of markets diversify market-specific demand shocks at a cost. The model is driven only by total factor productivity shocks and captures the observed countercyclity of firm-level risk. Using a panel of US firms we show that, consistent with our theoretical model, measures of market reach are procyclical, and the countercyclicality of firm-level risk is driven by those firms that adjust their market exposure, which are larger than those that do not. (JEL D21, D22, E23, E32, L25)
Social Science Research Network | 2017
Ryan A. Decker; John Haltiwanger; Ron S. Jarmin; Javier Miranda
A large literature documents declining measures of business dynamism including high-growth young firm activity and job reallocation. A distinct literature describes a slowdown in the pace of aggregate labor productivity growth. We relate these patterns by studying changes in productivity growth from the late 1990s to the mid 2000s using firm-level data. We find that diminished allocative efficiency gains can account for the productivity slowdown in a manner that interacts with the within-firm productivity growth distribution. The evidence suggests that the decline in dynamism is reason for concern and sheds light on debates about the causes of slowing productivity growth.
Social Science Research Network | 2015
Ryan A. Decker; John Haltiwanger; Ron S. Jarmin; Javier Miranda
The pace of business dynamism and entrepreneurship in the U.S. has declined over recent decades. We show that the character of that decline changed around 2000. Since 2000 the decline in dynamism and entrepreneurship has been accompanied by a decline in high-growth young firms. Prior research has shown that the sustained contribution of business startups to job creation stems from a relatively small fraction of high-growth young firms. The presence of these high-growth young firms contributes to a highly (positively) skewed firm growth rate distribution. In 1999, a firm at the 90th percentile of the employment growth rate distribution grew about 31 percent faster than the median firm. Moreover, the 90-50 differential was 16 percent larger than the 50-10 differential reflecting the positive skewness of the employment growth rate distribution. We show that the shape of the firm employment growth distribution changes substantially in the post-2000 period. By 2007, the 90-50 differential was only 4 percent larger than the 50-10, and it continued to exhibit a trend decline through 2011. The reflects a sharp drop in the 90th percentile of the growth rate distribution accounted for by the declining share of young firms and the declining propensity for young firms to be high-growth firms.
Journal of Economic Perspectives | 2014
Ryan A. Decker; John Haltiwanger; Ron S. Jarmin; Javier Miranda
European Economic Review | 2016
Ryan A. Decker; John Haltiwanger; Ron S. Jarmin; Javier Miranda
The American Economic Review | 2016
Ryan A. Decker; John Haltiwanger; Ron S. Jarmin; Javier Miranda
National Bureau of Economic Research | 2015
Ryan A. Decker; John Haltiwanger; Ron S. Jarmin; Javier Miranda
Social Science Research Network | 2018
E. Mark Curtis; Ryan A. Decker
Social Science Research Network | 2018
Tomaz Cajner; Leland D. Crane; Ryan A. Decker; Adrian Hamins-Puertolas; Christopher Johann Kurz; Tyler Radler
National Bureau of Economic Research | 2018
Ryan A. Decker; John Haltiwanger; Ron S. Jarmin; Javier Miranda