Structural transformation depends not only on how much countries export but also on what they export and with whom they … trade. This paper breaks new ground in analyzing India's exports by the technological content, quality, sophistication, and … complexity of the export basket. We identify five priority areas for policies: (1) reduction of trade costs, at and behind the …

Using a panel of firm-level data, this paper examines the effects of India''s trade reforms in the early 1990s on firm … productivity in the manufacturing sector, focusing on the interaction between this policy shock and firm and environment … characteristics. The rapid and comprehensive tariff reductions-part of an IMF-supported adjustment program with India in 1991-allow us …

The services sector is increasingly important for the euro area economy, but productivity growth in the sector has …

This paper analyzes the factors behind the recent growth of India''s services sector. The high growth of services …

This paper estimates the effects of trade liberalization on plant productivity. In contrast to previous studies, we … distinguish between productivity gains arising from lower tariffs on final goods relative to lower tariffs on intermediate inputs …. Lower output tariffs can produce productivity gains by inducing tougher import competition whereas cheaper imported inputs …

role of supply-side bottlenecks in shaping India’s export demand relationship. We use disaggregated export volume data for …

This paper presents empirical evidence on the impact of competition on firm productivity. Using firm-level observations … competition and our measures of productivity. We also find that countries that implemented product-market reforms had a more … pronounced increase in competition, and correspondingly, in productivity: the contribution to productivity growth due to …

export to foreign markets directly, smaller firms typically export via intermediaries (indirect exporting). I document a set …

greater competition and at liberalizing key aspects of economic activity. This paper investigates productivity trends in India … productivity (TFP) growth in total manufacturing and many of the component sectors since 1980 were markedly higher than that in the … about factor elasticities and the assumed structure of the production function; (ii) productivity growth for total …