Abstract:The superstar firms model provides a compelling explanation for two simultaneously occurring phenomena: the rise of concentration in industries and the fall of labor shares.Our empirical analysis confirms two of the underlying assumptions of the model: the market share increases and the labor share decreases with increasing firm-level total factor productivity, providing support for the superstar firms' hypothesis. However, we find no evidence for the underlying mechanism of the model, the distribution of fixe… Show more
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