Exploring the "mechanics" of firm growth: evidence from a short-panel VAR

Alex Coad ()

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Abstract: This paper offers many new insights into the processes of firm growth by applying a vector autoregression (VAR) model to longitudinal panel data on French manufacturing firms. We observe the co-evolution of key variables such as growth of employment, sales, gross operating surplus and labour productivity growth. Preliminary results suggest that employment growth is succeeded by the growth of sales, which in turn is followed by growth of profits. Generally speaking, however, growth of profits is not followed by much employment growth or sales growth.

Keywords: Firm growth; panel VAR; employment growth; industrial dynamics; productivity growth; Croissance des firmes; création d'emplois; économie industrielle; croissance de productivité (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-07
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Published in 2007

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