above average size, initial profitability and initial labor productivity. After controlling for this selection bias, we find … that foreign investment has a positive, but statistically insignificant, impact on TFP (Total Factor Productivity) growth …

Despite competition concerns over the increasing dominance of global corporations, many argue that productivity … superstars intensive in R&D, IT and/or human capital. In addition to productivity spillovers, we document the transmission of … firm's existing network. These results suggest an important role for raising productivity through the supply chains of …

international trade, together with some new facts. First, the availability of information on import and export enables us to … only import. We show that firms engaged in both import and export outperform those involved in either importing or …

This paper uses an oligopoly model with heterogeneous firms to examine how an industry adjusts to rising import … face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and the average productivity of survivors increases. These pro …-competitive effects of import penetration on the domestic industry disappear in the long run. The predictions for the short run are …

This paper uses an oligopoly model with heterogeneous firms to examine how an industry adjusts to rising import … face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and the average productivity of survivors increases. These pro …-competitive effects of import penetration on the domestic industry disappear in the long run. The predictions for the short run are …

This paper uses an oligopoly model with heterogeneous firms to examine how an industry adjusts to rising import … face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and the average productivity of survivors increases. These pro …-competitive effects of import penetration on the domestic industry disappear in the long run. The predictions for the short run are …

document the first empirical results on the relationship between imports and productivity for Germany, a leading actor on the … systematically by testing for self-selection of more productive firms into importing, and for productivity-enhancing effects of … imports ('learning-by-importing'). We find a positive link between importing and productivity. From an empirical model with …

This paper uses an oligopoly model with heterogeneous firms to examine how an industry adjusts to rising import … face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and the average productivity of survivors increases. These pro …-competitive effects of import penetration on the domestic industry disappear in the long run. The predictions for the short run are …

-selection in both export and import markets. Also, the productivity advantage of exporters reported in the literature may be … too. We note that the number of trading firms diminishes as the number of export destinations or import origins increases …. The same is true if we consider the number of products traded. With regard to productivity differentials, firms that both …