Who are America's star firms? (English)

There is wide spread concern about a growing gap between top-performing publicly listed firms and the rest of the economy and the implications of this for rising inequality in the U.S. Using conventional return calculations, there is indeed a widening gap between star firms (defined as those in top 10 percent of return on invested capital in any year) and the rest of the economy over time, especially in industries that rely on a skilled labor force...

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Ayyagari,Meghana;

Demirguc-Kunt,Asli;

Maksimovic,Vojislav;
Document Date
2018/07/13
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS8534
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
United States,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2018/07/13
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Who are America's star firms?
Keywords
intangible capital

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Ayyagari,Meghana; Demirguc-Kunt,Asli; Maksimovic,Vojislav.

Who are America's star firms? (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8534 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/109791531501183455

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