a column by Marcela Eslava, John Haltiwanger and Alvaro Pinzón for VOX: CEPR’s Policy Portal
A key difference between more and less developed countries lies in the speed at which the average business grows over its life cycle.
This column compares manufacturing firms in Colombia and the US, and concludes that average life cycle growth differences across countries with diverging income levels are largely driven by the superstars and the worst performers. Relative to the US, Colombia presents an overwhelming prevalence of microestablishments, a deficit of superstar plants, and less strict market selection pressure for underperforming plants.
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