distribution costs in the export market, high and low productivity firms react differently to a depreciation . Whereas high … productivity firms optimally raise their markup rather than the volume they export, low productivity firms choose the opposite … aggregate impact of exchange rate movements. The presence of fixed costs to export means that only high productivity firms can …

This paper analyses 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 …

probability to stop exporting during protection compared to unprotected firms. Finally, we find that the productivity of exporters …

This paper analyzes empirically the effect of spatial agglomeration of activities on the productivity of firms using … location choice: we find very little difference between the geography that would maximize productivity gains and the geography …

indirect effects of foreign direct investment on measured firm level productivity depend on a number of firm specific features …

This paper estimates the effects of trade liberalization on plant productivity. In contrast to previous studies, we … distinguish between productivity gains arising from lower tariffs on final goods relative to those on intermediate inputs. Lower … output tariffs can produce productivity gains by inducing tougher import competition whereas cheaper imported inputs can …