While the role of exports in promoting growth in general, and productivity in particular, has been investigated … at the firm level been used to look at the extent and causes of productivity differentials between exporters and their …, while exporting does not necessarily improve productivity. …

face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and average industry productivity increases due to a selection effect. These …

entry of new firms influences productivity amongst incumbent firms, and the extent to which altered productivity can be … the productivity of incumbent firms is modeled as a function of firm attributes and regional entrepreneurship activity …. The analysis finds support for positive productivity effects of entrepreneurship on incumbent firms, albeit the effect …

This paper reassesses the relationship between density and productivity by using detailed geo-coded data on wages and … productivity across squares. The estimated elasticity is in the 9-10 percent interval, and is insensitive to whether we employ a … to (or a location in) a larger agglomeration. Moreover, the estimated relationship between productivity and density is …

Do agglomerations stimulate productivity? An extensive literature on agglomeration economies, or urban increasing … and productivity at the firm level using static and dynamic models. It makes use of a rich dataset comprising register … learning effect in that agglomeration enhances firms’ productivity. Third, the role of agglomeration phenomena does not seem to …

market to market which is consistent with that low productive firms are confined to markets with low productivity thresholds …. We further show that selection also applies to number of products traded. Both export and import productivity premiums …