inward trade barriers affect productivity. The production function of Brazilian manufacturers is estimated at the ISIC3 two …-digit level under various alternatives, including an extension of Olley and Pakes' (1996) procedure. Firm-level productivity is … inferred and then related to trade. Findings suggest that (1) foreign competition pressures firms to raise productivity …

effect on the adopters' employment and on the value-added and average wage, whereas sales and productivity increase after an …

since 2002. Using pooled cross-sectional data of 486 registered CDM wind projects in China from 2002 to 2009, we examine the … manufacturers in China's wind power industry. …

upgrading in foreign-acquired firms. We reveal substantial productivity gains within foreign-acquired firms and we show that …

This paper assesses sources of productivity spillovers in China's electric and electronic manufacturing industry using … important reliance on technology. In particular, the paper focuses on the role of other firms' productivity as well as … productivity shifters in affecting own firm-level total factor productivity. In addition, this paper examines the possible …

analysis reveals a rising low-income country trade share around and after China's accession to the World Trade Organization … evidence for sequential sorting into different export-modes according to firm productivity: i) only the most productive firms …

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 … industry. Using firm level data from China, we document that wholesalers play no such role for direct importers. However, other …

matched firm-level customs and manufacturing survey data, together with Input-Output tables for China, to examine how Chinese … firms position themselves in global production lines and how this evolves with productivity and performance over the firm … production stages conducted in China over the 1992-2014 period, both in the aggregate and within firms over time. Firms span more …

job destruction in low-productivity firms and job creation in high-productivity firms. In contrast, the net effect of … reductions in Chinese input tariffs is limited to job destruction in low-productivity ordinary exporters. …