that a reduction in the import tariff induces an incumbent importer/exporter to increase the quality of its exports and to … Chinese data and robust to various estimation specifications …

efficiency-based productivity growth rates to exceed observed productivity growth in the slowdown period of 1974 - 1995 …

addition to "productivity", firms are also heterogeneous in their "caliber" -- the ability to produce quality using fewer fixed … inputs. Compared to single-attribute models of firm heterogeneity emphasizing either productivity or the ability to produce …

either limited or strong scope for quality differentiation. Using customs data for China during 2002-2006, we empirically …

competition from demand shocks in export markets – and the induced product mix reallocations – induce productivity changes within … the firm. We then empirically test for this connection between the demand shocks and the productivity of multi …-product firms exporting to those destinations. We find that the effect of those demand shocks on productivity is substantial – and …

model in which technical advances are embodied in new capital, investment will translate directly into productivity gains … growth than the sum of the contributions of parent and affiliate employment, and materials; (2) productivity has boomed since … 1992, due to productivity growth in MNCs with Canadian affiliates; (3) the investment elasticity of productivity growth is …

regulation, rather than changes in productivity and trade, account for most of the emissions reductions …