Rising Markups and Declining Business Dynamism: Evidence From the Industry Cross Section

Brian Albrecht & Ryan A. Decker March 8, 2024

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In recent decades, various measures of “business dynamism”—such as new business entry rates and gross job or worker flows—have seen significant declines in the U.S. (figure 1, right panel). Over a similar time frame, there is evidence that an important measure of market power—the average markup—has risen significantly (figure 1, left panel; De Loecker, Eeckhout, and Unger 2020). A natural question is whether these patterns are related.