Economic development implies that the efficiency of firms in developing countries is approaching that of firms in … advanced economies. We examine the extent of this convergence in the Czech Republic and Russia, economies that represent … privatization, competition and foreign investment. We also test hypotheses positing that only firms near the efficiency frontier …

import as well as the export activity of the firm. These two innovations allow us to avoid large biases that characterized … recent theories that aim at explaining participation both in export and import markets and at including non …

both imports and exports, and iii) examine the impact of imports according to the country of origin. Looking at the export … also show that import penetration has a significant and negative impact on industry wage differentials whatever the country …

import as well as the export activity of the firm. These two innovations allow us to avoid large biases that characterized … recent theories that aim at explaining participation both in export and import markets and at including non …

regions specialized in import-competing industries, both in manufacturing and beyond. Regions specialized in export …-regional variation in initial industry structures and use trade flows of other high-income countries as instruments for regional import … and export exposure. We find that the rise of the East in the world economy caused substantial job losses in German …