8  See Ryan A. Decker, John Haltiwanger, Ron S. Jarmin, and Javier Miranda (2016), “Declining Business Dynamism: Implications for Productivity?” unpublished paper, August; and Francois Gourio, Todd Messer, and Michael Siemer (2016), “Firm Entry and Macroeconomic Dynamics: A State-Level Analysis (PDF),” Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2016–043 (Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, February).
9  There is no shortage of views on this issue among economists, but the views to some extent appear to depend on whether the economist making the prediction is an optimist or a pessimist.