We investigate theoretically and empirically the role of wholesalers in mediating the productivity effects of trade … liberalization. Intermediaries provide indirect access to foreign produced inputs. The productivity effects of input tariff cuts on … firms experience productivity gains from reducing input tariffs if trade intermediation of foreign inputs within their …

The productivity growth has an important linkage with economic growth and standard of living. It not only increases … therefore public policies aim at improving productivity. This paper focusses on estimating productivity in iron-steel and cement … industries in India and examines the impact of trade liberalization on productivity. The period of the study is from 1991-92 to …

Trefler (2004, AER) and others that industrial productivity increases more strongly in liberalized industries than in non … productivity increases more strongly in non-liberalized industries than in liberalized industries. …

We analyze the impact of trade liberalization on firm productivity growth in Kenya's manufacturing sector, using a … panel spanning 8 years; 1992-1999. Our analysis reveals that liberalizing trade generates high productivity improvements in … significantly increases firm-level productivity in the manufacturing sector by 5.7%. When we examine this effect on the firm's share …

We analyze the impact of trade liberalization on firm productivity growth in Kenya’s manufacturing sector, using a … panel spanning 8 years; 1992-1999. Our analysis reveals that liberalizing trade generates high productivity improvements in … significantly increases firm-level productivity in the manufacturing sector by 5.7%. When we examine this effect on the firm’s share …

channel through which trade liberalization measures enhance overall industrial productivity by triggering the exit of low-productivity … productivity rates in Korea since the 1990s. First, this analysis reveals that since the 1990s, the TFP of the tradable sector …