The main objective of this paper is to assess the impact of selected determinants on both exports in value added and … exports in gross terms for seven CEE economies, based on 13 manufacturing subsectors and for the period 1995-2011. The results …) are fairly similar when exports are measured in value added or in gross terms. The results indicate a greater impact of …

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 …

' exports to their origin country. Further results suggest that the student effect varies by country and product. While their …

change of the exchange-rate process. Second, the long-run exchange rate elasticity of exports is substantially higher than …

The impact of international trade on firm productivity is tested by accounting for firms' import as well as export … Difference in Differences, are used to calculate productivity improvements from entering into international trade. These … ; Productivity …

is an outcome of two forces: a relative productivity change (technological progress) and a relative country size change …

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

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 … protection levels lower average productivity and drive a larger wedge between mean and median productivity. This latter suggests …

important positive determinant of intra-industry productivity growth in European countries. Exports and imports alike can be …The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the role of trade in productivity growth in a sample of 30 sectors in 25 EU … hour worked in these countries appear to be mainly due to positive developments (rising productivity) within single …

Using firm level data across 99 developing and transition economies, we explore the productivity differences between … the exporter productivity premium of comparable male firms. This is particularly true for larger firms, suggesting that …