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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall: Firm dynamics, market structure and performance

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  • Fabling, Richard
  • Grimes, Arthur
  • Sanderson, Lynda
  • Stevens, Philip

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This paper investigates the microeconomic dynamics of the New Zealand economy using a powerful new SNZ-held dataset. For the first time, tax data covering operating performance and position (IR10), company income declarations (IR4) and sales & purchases (GST) have been combined with firm-level (LEED) employment data and Customs merchandise trade data to create a full coverage Longitudinal Business Database (LBD). We use this data to expand the available set of firm performance measures to include multi-factor productivity, profitability and export intensity. These and other performance variables are used to examine the distribution and dynamic of New Zealand firm performance, focussing on the characteristics of firms that display superior or inferior firm-level outcomes.

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  • Fabling, Richard & Grimes, Arthur & Sanderson, Lynda & Stevens, Philip, 2008. "Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall: Firm dynamics, market structure and performance," Motu Working Papers 292659, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:motuwp:292659
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.292659
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    2. Richard Fabling & Arthur Grimes, 2008. "Do Exporters Cut the Hedge? Who Hedges, When and Why?," Occasional Papers 08/2, Ministry of Economic Development, New Zealand.
    3. Fabling, Richard & Mare, David C, 2015. "Production function estimation using New Zealand’s Longitudinal Business Database," Motu Working Papers 290585, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research.
    4. Penny Mok & Geoff Mason & Philip Stevens & Jason Timmins, 2012. "A Good Worker is Hard to Find: Skills Shortages in New Zealand Firms," Occasional Papers 12/5, Ministry of Economic Development, New Zealand.
    5. Fabling, Richard & Grimes, Arthur, 2010. "Cutting the hedge: Exporters' dynamic currency hedging behaviour," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 18(3), pages 241-253, June.
    6. Richard Fabling & Arthur Grimes & Philip Stevens, 2008. "A Comparison of Qualitative and Quantitative Firm Performance Measures," Occasional Papers 08/4, Ministry of Economic Development, New Zealand.
    7. Nathan Chappell & Adam B. Jaffe & Trinh Le, 2018. "Worker Flows, Entry and Productivity in the New Zealand Construction Industry," NBER Working Papers 24376, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    8. Richard Fabling & Lynda Sanderson, 2008. "Firm Level Patterns in Merchandise Trade," Occasional Papers 08/3, Ministry of Economic Development, New Zealand.
    9. Bartleet, Matthew & Iyer, Kris & Numan-Parsons, Elisabeth, 2010. "Emission intensity in New Zealand manufacturing and the short-run impacts of emissions pricing," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 38(12), pages 7756-7763, December.

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    JEL classification:

    • D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development

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