firms with varying levels of productivity. For example, in case of firms with relatively high levels of productivity …, enforcement has to be stricter than in the case with relatively low productivity firms. Taxing the more productive seems to be the …

firms to leave the market, thereby affecting aggregate productivity. Since wage and productivity responses are endogenous …, our model is well suited to study the impacts of trade integration on aggregate productivity and factor prices. Using … quantify the impacts of removing the Canada-U.S. border on wages, productivity, markups, the share of exporters, the mass of …

, the hypothesis that input quality and plant productivity are complementary in generating output quality. We embed this …

average productivity of firms in the market, thereby implying lower consumer prices and higher welfare. In an open economy …

thorny road from estimation results to stylized facts. I will deal with the following topics: comparisons of means vs …

the impact of works councils on labor productivity varies along the conditional distribution of value added per employee … plants at the top end of the conditional productivity distribution – plants that can be considered ‘over achievers.’ We would … enhances productivity. …