productivity or vice versa? Using firm-level administrative data for Spain, I find that productivity shocks are followed by … significant increases in size defined by employment. In contrast, size shocks are not followed by productivity gains at the firm …

productivity. The relationship is further shaped by the sector environment as well as intrinsic characteristics of the goods and …

to answer this question. A union monitors establishments in an industry to learn about their productivity and decides …

estimation results, we relate productivity estimates with import competition, using firm and product level measures of import … competition. We find that if productivity at the firm level tends to positively react to increased import competition, the multi … efficiency in producing that core product, in which it has a productivity advantage. However, when the degree of foreign …

industries. Over the same period, productivity gains from reallocation accounted for 50% of European productivity growth and … with changes in productivity and allocative efficiency. This holds across most sectors and countries and supports the …

industries. Over the same period, productivity gains from reallocation accounted for 50% of European productivity growth and … with changes in productivity and allocative efficiency. This holds across most sectors and countries and supports the …

productivity shocks. However, the dispersion of firms’ productivity shocks has decreased too. To enhance our understanding of these …