competition drives less productive firms out the market, thereby increasing average productivity as well as reducing average … in an ideal world in which all faced the same barriers to international transactions. On the other hand, by focusing on …

This paper analyses the impact of changes in environmental regulations on productivity growth at country- and firm …, according to which firms' productivity can benefit from more stringent environmental policies. By using panel local projections … tightening affects high-polluters' productivity negatively and stronger than their less-polluting peers. However, among high …