study examines the link between services sector reforms and the productivity of domestic firms in downstream manufacturing … lead to two conclusions. First, the study finds that services policy matters for the productivity of manufacturing firms …

Recent trade theory emphasizes the role of market-share reallocations across firms ("stealing") in driving productivity … growth, while the older literature focused on average productivity improvements ("learning"). The authors use comprehensive … role in aggregate productivity gains immediately following the start of India's trade reforms in 1991. However, aggregate …