Title: An Alternative Theory of the Plant Size Distribution with an Application to Trade

Abstract: There is wide variation in the sizes of manufacturing plants, even within the most narrowly defined industry classifications used by statistical agencies. Standard theories attribute all such size differences to productivity differences. This paper develops an alternative theory in which industries are made up of large plants producing standardized goods and small plants making custom or specialty goods. It uses confidential Census data to estimate the parameters of the model, including estimates...

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Publication ID: 43

Category Description: General Issues of International Trade Statistics

Publication Type: Paper

Inistitute: U.S. Census Bureau

Year: 2010

Month: May

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Link: http://www2.census.gov/ces/wp/2010/CES-WP-10-10.pdf

Tags: Industry classifications , size distribution , within-industry plant-size differentials ,

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