This paper explores the link between exports and total factor productivity (TFP) in Brazilian manufacturing firms over … exports significantly, but with stagnant aggregate TFP growth. The authors first estimate firm-level TFP under alternative …). Finally, they test whether exporting boosts firms TFP growth (learning-by-exporting hypothesis) using matching techniques, to …

We present the first comprehensive set of firm-level total factor productivity (TFP) estimates for China …'s manufacturing sector that spans China's entry into the WTO. For our preferred estimate, which adjusts for a number of potential … creative destruction. Over the entire period, net entry accounts for over two thirds of total TFP growth. In contrast to …

use a model of monopolistic competition with Cobb-Douglas production and a dataset of Italian manufacturing firms …, suggesting the existence of adjustment frictions. Finally, the degree of under-response is much larger for TFP shocks. This … show that they hamper firms' responses to TFP shocks but not to demand shocks. …