: current and future total factor productivity and the capital stock per capita. These variables suffice to calculate welfare … production technology and the degree of market competition. It applies to open economies as well, if total factor productivity is … factor productivity be constructed with prices and quantities as perceived by consumers, not firms. Thus, factor shares need …

-distributed firm productivity and fixed costs of exporting, predicts that, conditional on the fixed costs of exporting, all variation … lognormal distribution of firm productivity allows the Melitz model to successfully match the role of the intensive margin … methods and the EDD, a generalized Melitz model with a joint lognormal distribution for firm productivity, fixed costs and …

1/4 of the product scope expansion and 1/3 of the productivity gains within domestic firms …

This paper investigates the impact of global value chain participation on productivity, using data on trade in value … 15 years suggest that participation in global value chains is a significant driver of labor productivity. Backward …. An increase by 10 percent in the level of global value chain participation increased average productivity by close to 1 …

aggregate productivity and income per capita in these countries. In the model used to carry out this calculation, agents choose …

provincial administration of national business regulations affect firms through two channels: within-firm productivity levels and … resource allocation across firms. The results show that better overall business environment has a positive impact on firm … productivity, and this effect is driven by a reduction in corruption levels, the risks of land expropriation, and entry regulations …

large reduction in trade costs on the pattern of structural change and agricultural productivity. The paper develops a … productivity gains through agglomeration in the agriculture and manufacturing sectors. The model yields insights different from the … agricultural productivity despite significant de-industrialization; (ii) even with increased specialization in agriculture, the …