This paper estimates the costs of EU restraints on trade in textiles and clothing. After explaining the methods used …, we examine the impact of an opening up of EU trade in textiles and clothing, inter alia to those economies where the …

is increasing in its productivity, with the most productive multinationals choosing not to rely on a foreign partner at … direct investment ; multinational enterprise ; joint venture ; productivity …

do more than one of those activities. In our estimation we consider the relationship between productivity all the choice …

their engagement in already existing Indian firms. Most notably, the productivity of the German parents matters only for …

This paper estimates the aggregate productivity effects of Marshallian externalities generated by foreign direct … externalities and other intra- and inter-regional spillovers generated by domestic firms. The productivity effects of these … explicitly as determinants of total factor productivity, and tests several empirical specifications of this model, using data for …

's productivity growth depends upon its distance from the world's technological leader. One motivating contemporary example includes …

technology imported from non-leaders increases exports by about 28 percent. -- Technology Choice ; Exporting ; Productivity …

firm-level productivity paths differ between firms with varying degrees of exposure to international trade in India, the … productivity and a proxy for labor productivity, we find significant ex-ante differences in productivity between exporters and non …-exporters and no difference in the ex-post productivity gains. These findings suggest that even in a large emerging economy with …

component of productivity in the United States. Using Bayesian estimation techniques we find that external and internal learning … productivity growth is close to the two percent pace. -- Business Cycles ; Cleansing Effects of Recessions ; Endogenous Growth …

question whether this has led to productivity gains within firms. I address this question by combining industry-level data on … offshoring and domestic outsourcing with a firm panel. I find that offshoring of non-core activities has led to productivity … gains whereas offshoring of core activities and domestic outsourcing have had no such effects. The estimated productivity …