longitudinal plant-level data covering all of Mexico from 2005–2010, and using an instrumental variable strategy that exploits … plausibly exogenous spatiotemporal variation in the homicide rate during the outbreak of drug-trade related violence in Mexico … violence has significant distortive effects on domestic industrial development in Mexico and shed light on the characteristics …

the economic environment and their contributions to aggregate productivity growth in the period following the … implementation of the North American Trade Agreement (NAFTA). In all industries, an overwhelming share of aggregate productivity … their export status and provides an explanation for the lackluster average productivity performance of exporting plants …

-size distribution? Do they affect individual city sizes? Do they contribute to the productivity advantage of large cities and the …-size distribution ; productivity ; markups …

two outlays. Productivity of government infrastructure spending can differ across regions. This assumption follows well … revenue and expenditure decisions is the optimal fiscal arrangement for the country when infrastructure spending productivity …

accelerated. We find that human capital positively affects output per worker and productivity growth. In particular, in terms of …

accelerated. We find that human capital positively affects output per worker and productivity growth. In particular, in terms of …

Although market concentration is one of the main impediments to productivity growth globally, data constraints have … the effects of local industry concentration on productivity. The main results show that a decline by 10 points in the … factor productivity of revenue. Local industry concentration also has heterogeneous effects on productivity across industries …

heterogeneous plants and quality-differentiated goods, only the most productive plants in a country like Mexico enter the export … the late-1994 peso crisis as a source of variation and a variety of proxies for plant productivity, I find that initially …

extensive and the intensive margins and the connection between exporting dynamics and plant-level total factor productivity … and account for a small share of gross, industry-level changes in exports, employment, output, and productivity. The … distribution of exports are positively correlated with changes in total factor productivity. Our results suggest that plants face …