In this paper we explore the extent to which firms experience productivity spillovers from clustering using a rich data … source from Vietnam for 2002 to 2007, a period of significant transition. We address issues of simultaneity, self …-selection and endogenous location choice of firms in an estimation of firm level productivity. Controlling for competition effects …

In this paper, we investigate the relationship between exporting and productivity in the case of Vietnam using an … extensive firm level panel dataset for the period 2005-11. We separate out productivity effects of exporting due to self … productivity in foreign-owned firms and private domestic firms separately and find the former benefit more from exporting …

This paper explores the relationship between imports and firm productivity, focusing on imported intermediates. Using … firm-level data on over 20,000 manufacturing firms in Viet Nam, we find evidence for competition-induced productivity gains … from import-intensive sectors experience higher productivity gains. The evidence indicates that the main source of spill …

In this paper we explore the extent to which firms experience productivity spillovers from clustering using a rich data … source from Vietnam for 2002 to 2007, a period of significant transition. We address issues of simultaneity, self …-selection and endogenous location choice of firms in an estimation of firm level productivity. Controlling for competition effects …

In this paper, we investigate the relationship between exporting and productivity in the case of Vietnam using an … extensive firm level panel dataset for the period 2005-11. We separate out productivity effects of exporting due to self … productivity in foreign-owned firms and private domestic firms separately and find the former benefit more from exporting …