We investigate the link between productivity of firms and their sourcing behavior. Following Antràs & Helpman (2004) we … productivity premia associated with the different sourcing strategies. We find strong empirical support for the predictions of the …

This paper studies the impact of trade reforms on the evolution of plant's productivity in Chile (1979-2000). The main … oriented policies. We find evidence of a positive impact of export oriented policies on productivity of traded sectors relative … to non traded. On the other hand, the reduction of import barriers might have a positive impact on productivity in export …

return to total assets or productivity for firms who received support compared with the control group …

Empirical research on the drivers of multi-factor productivity (MFP) is abundant at the firm- and industry level but …

that are implicit in previous firm-level productivity estimation approaches. We use Belgian firms production data to …

pessimism) pertains to total factor productivity, which determines economic activity in the long run. Optimism shocks are … perceived changes in productivity that do not actually materialize. We develop a new strategy to identify optimism shocks in a …

We explore the possibility that a global productivity slowdown is responsible for the widespread decline in the labor …

This paper develops an efficiency theory of contingent trade policies. We model the competition for a domestic market … contingent trade policy on efficiency grounds. Contingent trade policy that seeks to maximize global welfare can avoid the …