We investigate theoretically and empirically the role of wholesalers in mediating the productivity effects of trade … liberalization. Intermediaries provide indirect access to foreign produced inputs. The productivity effects of input tariff cuts on … firms experience productivity gains from reducing input tariffs if trade intermediation of foreign inputs within their …

We investigate theoretically and empirically the role of wholesalers in mediating the productivity effects of trade … liberalization. Intermediaries provide indirect access to foreign produced inputs. The productivity effects of input tariff cuts on … firms experience productivity gains from reducing input tariffs if trade intermediation of foreign inputs within their …

we use plant and firm data to investigate the issue. The low rate of productivity growth in Japan is also often seen as a … productivity. We find that this is true, plants shut by MNEs are relatively more productive than the industry average, but they are … rate of productivity growth within firms is also partly a consequence of low entry and exit rates. Generally we find that …

characteristics, such as size and productivity matter. In this paper we provide fresh evidence on the actual barriers to exporting …-level characteristics such as, productivity and size, found by the literature to be associated with export market entry. Overall, these …

find that the impacts of exporting on the size of firms are strongest, but that productivity type impacts also occur. These …