In this paper we provide firm-level evidence on the role of resource misallocation for total factor productivity … capital/labor productivity build up more capital/labor and that financial constraints play a significant role, especially in …

Following Hsieh and Klenow (2009), this paper studies productivity dispersions in Colombian industrial establishments … manufacturing Total Factor Productivity (TFP) of approximately 3-8 percent and TPF is positively correlated with exporting status … in 1991 is associated with an increase in plant productivity levels for firms that export goods. The 1990 reform that …

The paper analyses productivity spillovers from foreign MNEs on domestic manufacturing firms. Using a database on …

's (1982) model of learning in a setting where each firm gradually learns about its own productivity, and each occasionally …

in export mix and by firm size. In general, export mix changes are associated with improvements on productivity, although … export mix are more important for firm growth in large firms, but not in terms of productivity. In contrast, SMEs can have a … higher potential for productivity improvement through export product churning but this does not translate necessarily in …

changes in the contribution of capital productivity, capital intensity and labour participation to the growth rate of output …, decomposition to assess both the contribution of both capital productivity and capital intensity to total factor productivity (TFP …, rather than capital productivity or labour participation, has been the main growth contributor. But this does not mean that …

International trade has been stated as one of the most important mean of improving firms' productivity, being the … contribute to local firm's productivity performance by incorporating better inputs in their production processes. This paper … of manufacturing formal firms in Ecuador, and, the causal relationship between the import decision and firm productivity …