Using administrative confidential data on the universe of Canadian corporate firms, we compare debt financing choices of private and public firms. Private firms have high[...]

This paper documents the relative importance of firm, industry and aggregate factors on the post-entry performance of new firms. This study utilizes a unique administrati[...]

This article investigates the evolution of firm distributions for entrant manufacturing firms in Canada using functional principal components analysis. This methodology d[...]

Firm shutdown creates a turbulent situation for workers as it leads directly to layoffs for its workers. An additional consideration is whether a firm’s shutdown within a[...]

The firm dynamics literature has stressed productivity, size, and age effects in firm duration. Understanding the implications of financial state has largely been unexplo[...]

This paper investigates the evolution of firm distributions for entrant manufacturing firms in Canada using nonparametric methods. These nonparametric methods use functio[...]

The success or failure of small, young, and private firms depends highly on the evolution of their financial position. This paper considers the post-entry/pre-exit adjust[...]

A large body of empirical literature investigates differences in financing structures across firms. Private firms’ financing receives little attention due to the lack of [...]

This paper looks at the impact industry instability has on worker separations. Workers leave firms one of two ways: (i) voluntarily by quitting; or (ii) involuntarily thr[...]