liberalization. Firm productivity in a given product is modeled as a combination of firm-level "ability" and firm …-level ability raises a firm's productivity across all products, which induces a positive correlation between a firm's intensive … (output per product) and extensive (number of products) margins. Trade liberalization fosters productivity growth within and …

adjust traditional measures of multi factor productivity growth for variations in short-run utilization …

increased competition from demand shocks in export markets - and the induced product mix reallocations - induce productivity … changes within the firm. We then empirically test for this connection between the demand shocks and the productivity of multi …-product firms exporting to those destinations. We find that the effect of those demand shocks on productivity are substantial - and …

. Globalization is shown to induce heterogeneous responses across firms in terms of scope and productivity, some of which are …

In this paper I analyze the productivity gains from trade liberalization in the Belgian textile industry. So far …, empirical research has established a strong relationship between opening up to trade and productivity, relying almost entirely … on deflated sales to proxy for output in the production function. The latter implies that the resulting productivity …

engineers and by extensive first-hand observation. We find that productivity improves when multiple generations of the firm … other products. Productivity is, however, decreased when the production facility is faced with extensive within …-product buyer-specific customizations.We develop the implications of these findings for theory and practice …