This paper asks how market expansion contributes to productivity growth. It investigates whether entry to both new … international markets and new domestic markets is associated with greater productivity growth. It also examines whether exit from …

examine the contribution of plant turnover to labor productivity growth in the manufacturing sector over the three periods …. Plant turnover makes a significant contribution to productivity growth as more productive entrants replace exiting plants … productivity growth is due to multi-plant or foreign-controlled firms closing down and opening up new plants. The plants opened up …