channels. First, trade raises productivity levels because producers gain access to new imported varieties. Second, increases in … that aggregates these micro gains to obtain an estimate of trade on productivity growth for each country. We find that in … the typical country in the world, new imported varieties account for 15 percent of its productivity growth. These effects …

channels. First, trade raises productivity levels because producers gain access to new imported varieties. Second, increases in … that aggregates these micro gains to obtain an estimate of trade on productivity growth for each country. We find that in … the typical country in the world, new imported varieties account for 15 percent of its productivity growth. These effects …

The use of e-commerce around the world has accelerated in recent years, with Asia, led by China, spearheading the rise …. Using cross-country enterprise survey data, this paper shows that firms engaged in e-commerce have higher productivity and … percent higher productivity and generate about 50 percent more of their revenues from exports. The results presented in this …

The impact of trade liberalization on productivity growth is still an empirical issue; the theoretical literature is as … empirically test whether trade liberalization in Indian manufacturing has raised total factor productivity (TFP) growth. The …

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 …

technology trade, marketing and imperfect capital markets. Paying an import with export goods rather than cash (barter) helps to … overcome incentive problems that arise in debt repayment of highly indebted countries. Payment in export goods removes the … an export (countertrade) helps to solve the incentive problems related to the technology transfer to developing countries …

This paper examines the impact of trade liberalization under NAFTA on the productivity of the Mexican automobile …) to obtain a productivity measure. In a second stage, a model is estimated by System GMM to analyze the effect of trade … openness on the estimated productivity. The main results indicate that there exists a positive association between trade …

larger productivity gains from trade liberalization than previously thought …