face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and the average productivity of survivors increases. These pro …

industry productivity and social welfare. For this purpose we develop a reciprocal dumping model of international trade with … heterogeneous firms and endogenous R&D. We identify two effects of trade liberalization on productivity: a direct effect through … low (high) trade costs; (ii) increases expected industry productivity; and (iii) raises expected social welfare if trade …

We consider two channels via which foreign inputs into industrial production may lead to productivity effects. The … the productivity growth of a particular industry. We show by which institutional mechanism firms are able to share …

theoretical as well as the quantitative analysis, recommendations are derived for a better allocation of the reduction burden …

. Applying propensity score matching to control for differences across firms in terms of labor productivity, size, etc., we find …