investigate the relation between firms' trading activities (importing, exporting or both) and productivity. We find important self … correlated within firms, failing to control for the importing activity leads to overstated average productivity premia of … exporters. -- Trade openness ; Firms' Heterogeneity ; Productivity …

size and productivity) are relevant besides country level barriers on trade matter for participation in world trade. This …) with its trading partners around the world and to examine the impact of various PTAs in which India or its trading partner … the world relatively few firms participate in world trade, thus suggesting that characteristics of a firm (such as its …

transport sector affect their productivity. In order to compare different institutional regimes, we carry out a comparative … productivity, which we regress on firm and city characteristics. We find that when firms are totally or partially in public hands … their productivity is lower. Moreover, firms selected through competitive tendering display higher total factor productivity …

imported goods during the period 1996-2019. Keywords cited in TBTs that are notified to the World Trade Organization (WTO) give …

, policymakers and trade-dispute settlement cases at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). …

agreements under the World Trade Organisation (WTO) have contributed significantly to the reduction of tariffs among WTO members …

This paper provides cross-country firm-level evidence on productivity spillovers from foreign direct investment (FDI … labour productivity we find: i) positive intra-industry spillover effects for firms located in advanced countries, and ii …