productivity growth. Our findings on Japan suggest that the salutary impact of imports stems more from their contribution to …

has led many economists to believe that productivity growth in these economies, particularly in their manufacturing … productivity) gains from an outward orientation. This view fails to take into account the equally unusual rapid growth of both … envelope calculations to show that, as regards productivity growth in the aggregate economy and in manufacturing in particular …

appreciation because of differential productivity growth between tradable and nontradable sectors) using data of the APEC economies …. Japan, Korea, Taiwan and, to a lesser extent, Hong Kong and Singapore, were proved to follow the Balassa-Samuelson path … Kong and Singapore grew fast, their real exchange rates appreciated only moderately. High productivity growth in service …

faster productivity growth. Although the use of instrumental variables goes a long way towards dealing with endogeneity …

channels. First, trade raises productivity levels because producers gain access to new imported varieties. Second, increases in … that aggregates these micro gains to obtain an estimate of trade on productivity growth for each country. We find that in … the typical country in the world, new imported varieties account for 15 percent of its productivity growth. These effects …

Most explanations of Korea's and Taiwan's economic growth since the early 1960s place heavy emphasis on export …

The export booms in South Korea and Taiwan starting in the early 1960s are anomalous when compared with later export … than its instigator. In economies like South Korea and Taiwan, an increase in investment required an increase in imports of …

, the evidence of self-selection on the basis of productivity is much weaker. In addition, unlike Taiwan, we find no …While there is widespread empirical evidence indicating exporting producers have higher productivity than nonexporters … methods, inputs, and product designs from their international contacts, and this learning results in higher productivity for …