We use plant output and input prices to decompose the profit margin into four parts: productivity, demand shocks, mark … the impact of productivity, and other market fundamentals, on plant exit. A dynamic simulation that compares the … distribution of productivity with and without the trade reform shows that improvements in market selection from trade reform help …

This paper studies the effects of trade liberalization on the evolution of firm productivity. The productivity of each … nominal tariffs on firms' productivity levels is identified. After controlling for the endogeneity of nominal tariffs, the … estimated coefficient for tariffs in the productivity equation turns out to be negative. Second, a measure of tariffs on inputs …

productivity growth, while the older literature focused on average productivity improvements ("learning"). We use comprehensive … role in aggregate productivity gains immediately following the start of India's trade reforms in 1991. However, aggregate … productivity gains during the overall 20-year period from 1985 to 2004 were driven largely by improvements in average productivity …

relationship is concentrated among establishments with low initial levels of labor productivity, capital intensity and skill …

after the reforms, volatility in productivity and output gets translated into larger wage and employment volatility …

productivity in services, especially large urban firms and in service sectors whose output is used as a manufacturing input …

This paper empirically investigates the effects of trade liberalization on plant productivity in the case of Chile … question in two steps. In the first step, I estimate a production function to obtain a measure of plant productivity. I … estimates of the input coefficients required to construct a productivity measure. I explicitly incorporate plant exit in the …

through learning by doing. These models imply that increased specialization accelerates productivity growth by more fully … realizing dynamic economies of scale. In order to test the hypothesis that specialization increases productivity growth in LDCs … countries, the index of specialization is positively and significantly correlated with manufacturing productivity growth. We …