Capital Specificity, the Distribution of Marginal Products and Aggregate Productivity

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dc.contributor.authorLanteri, Andrea
dc.contributor.authorMedina, Pamela
dc.coverage.spatialPerúes_ES
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-19T19:22:27Z
dc.date.available2017-10-19T19:22:27Z
dc.date.issued2017-05-08
dc.description.tableofcontentsThis paper studies the role of capital specificity and investment irreversibility on the distribution of marginal products of capital and aggregate TFP. We use a methodology new to the misallocation literature, based on the study of “mobility” across quantiles of a distribution. In a panel of Peruvian firms, we show that persistent dispersion in marginal products is explained to an important extent by the persistence of low marginal products. That is, by unproductive firms that take a long time to downsize. Using a quantitative general-equilibrium model of firm dynamics with idiosyncratic shocks, calibrated to match key features of our data, we argue that the persistence of low marginal products suggests that irreversibility frictions are large. Moreover, it is inconsistent with theories of misallocation based only on financing constraints.es_ES
dc.identifier.citationLanteri, A., & Medina, P. (2017, May 8). Capital Specificity, the Distribution of Marginal Products and Aggregate Productivity. CAF – Working paper;N° 2017/20, Buenos Aires: CAF. Retrieved from https://scioteca.caf.com/handle/123456789/1107en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttps://scioteca.caf.com/handle/123456789/1107
dc.language.isoen_USes_ES
dc.publisherCAFes_ES
dc.publisher.cityBuenos Aireses_ES
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCAF – Working paper;N° 2017/20
dc.rightsCC-BY-NCes_ES
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/es_ES
dc.subjectEconomíaes_ES
dc.subjectInvestigación socioeconómicaes_ES
dc.subjectProductividades_ES
dc.titleCapital Specificity, the Distribution of Marginal Products and Aggregate Productivityes_ES
dc.typeworkingPaperes_ES

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