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

-liberalization quota allocation is not based on firm productivity. Removing this misallocation accounts for a substantial share of the … overall productivity gains associated with the quota removal. …

identify the impact of increased import competition on firm performance and its contribution to the significant productivity … that imports took away market share from domestic firms. Furthermore, much of the effects on sectoral productivity come … firms in particular, which can be rationalized by an increase in the minimum productivity threshold needed to survive in …

growth model. Its building blocks are financial imperfections and reallocation among firms with heterogeneous productivity …. Some firms use more productive technologies than others, but low-productivity firms survive because of better access to … credit markets. Due to the financial imperfections, high-productivity firms - which are run by entrepreneurs - must be …

population dynamics and productivity growth. Although a reform is necessary, delaying its implementation implies large welfare …

productivity and human capital investments. Using light intensity as an alternative measure for economic activity confirms the …