immigration. The aggregate technology is described by a four-input translog cost function, from which the demand for imports and …

' perceptions about the probabilities of future import controls. When it anticipates future restrictions, a competitive export …

and the import behaviour of their employing firms. First, a model shows that the impact of firms’ imports on workers … employer-employee data source that contains information on firms’ inputs, including imports by type of product and by country … are endogenous in the wage equation, I use export prices of US firms to various destinations as instruments. To summarize …

What is the effect of imports on productivity? To answer this question, we estimate a structural model of producers … heterogenous firms, producers choose to import or purchase domestically varieties of intermediate inputs. Imports affect firm … varieties imported. Our results suggest that the role of imports is both statistically and economically significant. Imports are …

aggregate export and import equations. In particular, it considers different choices for scale and price variables, and assesses …

. The starting point is the traditional channel through exports and imports known as the "locomotive". The intertemporal …