and to simulate of the impact on productivity ofvarious policy scenarios.... …

the other hand, previous empirical studies show that exporting does not necessarily improve productivity. One possible … status and the growth of its labour productivity, using the firms' export status as a binary treatment variable and comparing …''s export-sales ratio and its labour productivity growth rate... …

This paper contributes to the flourishing literature on exports and productivity by using a unique newly available …

industry. Estimation of productivity dynamics and of behavioraldecision rules are separated into recursive stages. Using … idiosyncraticproductivities and update productivity beliefs using information revealed by their productionexperience. The estimator relies on the … plausible estimates with small standard errors. Decision ruleestimates show that productivity beliefs affect investment and exit …

This paper deals with endogenous determination of effort as a source of productivity growth. …