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Growth of Industrial Sectors: Theoretical Insights and Empirical Evidence from U.S. Manufacturing

The authors study the growth rates of 4-digit sectors in U.S. manufacturing. Two measures of size (value of shipments, value added) are considered, for each of the 38 years (1959-1996) of a sample of 458 4-digit sectors, drawn from the NBER Manufacturing Productivity database.