Studies of firm-level data have shown that there is a huge dispersion of productivity across firms even when industries … productive. The formers’ convergence could therefore constitute an important part of productivity growth at the macroeconomic … which can explain it. Productivity convergence was stronger for labour productivity than for total factor productivity. But …

markets. This approach explains a variety of features exhibited in disaggregated trade data, including the higher productivity … industry and firm productivity. …

Empirical evidence suggests that trade liberalization increases firm productivity. This paper offers a novel … tasks the closer they are to their core competencies, this outsourcing increases firm productivity. Moreover, I also …

. The same is true if we consider the number of products traded. With regard to productivity differentials, firms that both …-traders. These results point to the presence of fixed costs; not only of exporting, but also of importing and to a process of self …-selection in both export and import markets. Also, the productivity advantage of exporters reported in the literature may be …

characteristics and efficiency as the main determinants of their productivity. The application of this analysis to the European market … shows that productivity differences among flag carriers could explain the governments' different views about deregulation at …

We use a new industry-level dataset to quantify the role of ICT in explaining productivity growth in the UK, 1970 … productivity growth in the market sector. Econometric evidence also supports an important role for ICT. We also find econometric …

markets explain both productivity differences and firm density. Estimating structural model parameters is simple and relies on … model, we find that labor markets which provide cost advantages explain substantial differences in firm productivity …