This paper empirically investigates the effects of trade liberalization on plant productivity in the case of Chile … question in two steps. In the first step, I estimate a production function to obtain a measure of plant productivity. I … estimates of the input coefficients required to construct a productivity measure. I explicitly incorporate plant exit in the …

model in which technical advances are embodied in new capital, investment will translate directly into productivity gains … growth than the sum of the contributions of parent and affiliate employment, and materials; (2) productivity has boomed since … 1992, due to productivity growth in MNCs with Canadian affiliates; (3) the investment elasticity of productivity growth is …

acquisition target based on its productivity level, profitability and other characteristics and whether the performance of … manufacturing sector, we found that M&As by foreigners brought a larger and quicker improvement in total factor productivity (TFP … acquisitions improved target firms%u2019 productivity and profitability significantly more and quicker than acquisitions by …

A firm's productivity depends on how production is organized given the level of demand for its product. To capture this … theory, heterogeneity in demand leads to heterogeneity in productivity and other firms' outcomes. We use the theory to … and will decentralize decisions. The new organization of the average exporter results in higher productivity, although the …

While there is strong evidence for productivity-driven selection into exporting, previous research has mostly failed to … identify export-related efficiency gains within plants. This non-result is derived from revenue productivity (TFPR), thus also …

firms, and the fact that larger firms supply more products than smaller firms, implies that standard productivity measures … are not independent of demand system assumptions and probably dramatically understate the relative productivity of the …

International comparisons of the level of labor or total factor productivity have used exchange rates or purchasing … persistent, raising the need for disaggregate price measures to make disaggregate productivity comparisons. Sectoral differences …