type of firms, trade volumes and prices, and productivity effects. The normative effects of liberalisation are also studied …

likely to adopt technologies and increase productivity …

allocation. We also show that an export subsidy generates an increase in productivity, but given the negative joint effect on the …In this paper we explore the effect of trade policy on productivity and welfare in the now standard model of firm … establish that welfare can be decomposed into four terms: productivity, terms of trade, variety and curvature, where the latter …

We develop a monopolistically competitive model of trade with firm heterogeneity - in terms of productivity differences … productivity of competing firms. We analyze how these features vary across markets of different size that are not perfectly … in that market. Aggregate productivity and average markups thus respond to both the size of a market and the extent of …

This paper analyzes the welfare implications of international spillovers related to productivity gains, changes in …-equilibrium model with monopolistic competition, drawing a distinction between productivity gains that enhance manufacturing efficiency …

and productivity. A model with monopolistic competition, a continuum-of-goods, and endogenous tradability allows for … theory and history to be consistent for a wide range of underlying productivity shocks …

countries matters for productivity, because a country that imports primarily from technological leaders receives more technology … trade patterns in determining technology flows that affect productivity by using industry level data for machinery goods … imports and productivity in eight OECD countries between 1970-91. First evidence that these countries benefit more from …

productivity is endogenously enhanced? To address these questions, we focus on the dynamic effect of trade, in particular, how …