aggregation problem introduces a bias into standard measures of firm productivity. We develop a theoretical model of heterogeneous …

productivity is correlated with product fixed costs, with the most productive firms choosing to make the products with the highest …

We study the productivity of US owned plants in the UK. Using a new dataset that identifies foreign and domestic MNEs …

This paper examines the relationship between foreign ownership and productivity, paying particular attention to two … productivity than foreign multinationals, but the difference is less stark in the service sector than in the production sector, and …

international trade with heterogeneous firms predict that industry productivity will rise as trade costs fall due to the … costs over time and industries. As the models predict, productivity growth is faster in industries with falling trade costs …

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 …