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 …

efforts are affecting the dynamic relationship between environmental efficiency and economic productivity, turning it from an …

indirect effects of the rise of industrial robots and productivity via international value chains on various industrial … technological advancements measured by total factor productivity (TFP). The results indicate that the overall impact of the …

This paper advances understanding of the relationship between tax policy and productivity, taking advantage of unique … data from the Dominican Republic to document a significant negative impact of tax regulations on total factor productivity … (TFP). It begins by estimating productivity using administrative records provided by the tax authorities. Then, it …

potentially cumulate into lower levels of aggregate productivity and GDP. In this paper, we exploit data from household surveys …