Research

Publications:

"Estimating Production Functions with Control Functions When Capital Is Measured With Error," (with Kyoo-il Kim and Suyong Song), Journal of Econometrics, forthcoming. PDF.
"Tests for Price Endogeneity in Differentiated Product Models,'' (with Kyoo il Kim), Journal of Econometric Methods, January 2015. PDF
"Explaining Reallocation's Apparent Negative Contribution to Growth," (with Mitsukuni Nishida and Sašo Polanec), Journal of Productivity Analysis, December 2013. PDF Programs
"Estimating Lost Output from Allocative Inefficiency, with Application to Chile and Firing Costs," (with Jagadeesh Sivadasan), Review of Economics and Statistics, March 2013. PDF (Author's Copy), Programs
"Measuring Aggregate Productivity Growth Using Plant-Level Data," (with James Levinsohn), RAND Journal of Economics, Winter 2012. PDF (Author's Copy), Programs.
"The Impact of Plant-Level Resource Reallocations and Technical Progress on U.S.
Macroeconomic Growth," (with T. Kirk White and Jerome P. Reiter), Review of Economic Dynamics, January,
2011. PDF (Author's Copy), Programs.
"A Control Function Approach to Endogeneity in Consumer Choice Models," (with
Kenneth Train), Journal of Marketing Research, February 2010, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp.
3-13. PDF. (Author's Copy)
"The Consumer Gains from Direct Broadcast Satellites and the Competition with
Cable TV," (with Austan Goolsbee), Econometrica, March, 2004, Vol. 72, No. 2,
pp. 351-381. PDF, (Author's Copy), Programs.
"Estimating Production Functions Using Inputs to Control for Unobservables," (with
James Levinsohn), Review of Economic Studies, April 2003, Vol. 70 (2), No. 243, pp.
317-342. PDF, (Author's Copy), Programs.
"Quantifying the Benefits of New Products: The Case of the Minivan," Journal of
Political Economy, 110:705-729, 2002. PDF. (Author's Copy) Programs 1, 2, 3.
"Production Function Estimation in Stata Using Inputs to Control for Unobservables,"
(with James Levinsohn and Brian Poi), accompanies levpet.do stata procedure, Stata
Journal, 2004, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp.113-123. PDF (Author's Copy) Programs.

Recent working papers:

Mitsukuni Nishida, Amil Petrin, T. Kirk White, "Are We Undercounting Reallocation's Contribution to Growth?" October 2013, PDF.
Fernando Ferreira, Amil Petrin, and Joel Waldfogel, "Trade and Welfare in Motion Pictures," September 2012. PDF.
T. Kirk White, Jerome Reiter, and Amil Petrin, "Plant-level Productivity and Imputation of Missing
Data in U.S. Census Manufacturing Data,"January 2013. PDF.
Kyoo-il Kim and Amil Petrin, "A New Control Function Approach for Non-Parametric
Regressions with Endogenous Variables," March 2013. PDF.
Amit Gandhi, Kyoo-il Kim, and Amil Petrin, "Identification and Estimation in Discrete Choice Demand Models when Endogenous Variables Interact with the Error," March 2011, PDF.
Amil Petrin and Frederic Warzynski, "The Impact of Research and Development on Quality, Productivity and Welfare," May 2012, PDF.
Amil Petrin and Kyoo-il Kim, "Control Function Corrections for Omitted Attributes in Differentiated Product Models.'' PDF.
James Levinsohn and Amil Petrin, "On the Micro-Foundations of Productivity Growth," November 2003, PDF.
James Levinsohn and Amil Petrin , "When Industries Become More Productive, Do Firms?: Investigating Productivity Dynamics," January 1999, PDF.

Stata files for Levinsohn-Petrin (2003) production function estimator (levpet.do):

Stata Code (zipped file with ado routines) levpet.zip
Amil Petrin, James Levinsohn, and Brian Poi "Production Function Estimation in Stata Using Inputs to Control for Unobservables," Stata Journal, Vol. 4 (2), 2004, PDF This code can also be downloaded directly from Stata.

July 31, 2015