. Globalization is shown to induce heterogeneous responses across firms in terms of scope and productivity, some of which are …

liberalization, by increasing import competition, drives less productive domestic firms from the market. This increases average … productivity of the domestic economy via the "selection effect". In addition, it has the potential to affect the skewness of the … observed productivity distribution, i.e. the gap between the productivity of the median firm and average productivity. We …

fixed offshoring costs. In the skill-abundant country, high-productivity firms offshore a larger range of labor …-intensive inputs to the labor-abundant countries than low-productivity firms. Differently from the traditional versions of factor … intensity across firms that is positively correlated with firm productivity. Using French firm-level data for the years 1996 to …

productivity. Low productivity firm's optimal choice of employment and wage will be unaffected by the introduction of the minimum … wage. High productivity firms comply so that wage and employment effects are non-negative for these firms. …

This paper investigates the effect of competition in both the domestic and foreign markets on firm productivity and … evidence that strong competition in the domestic market propels firms to be more productive, and rising domestic competition … by competition in the domestic market. Moreover, lower competition in the foreign market increases the propensity of …

Does stiffer electoral competition reduce political rent-seeking behavior? For a microanalysis of this question, I … parliament beforehand. MPs of governing parties seem to react less to electoral competition. These results are confirmed by an … elected via party lists react to different levels of electoral competition. …

labour productivity and highly skilled employees on generating domestic value added in the manufacturing sector. CEE …