This paper explores the link between exports and total factor productivity (TFP) for Brazilian manufacturing firms over …-selection hypothesis and show that starting to export yields firms an extra TFP growth that emerges since the first year exporting but … law of motion for productivity, which reinforces the importance of accounting for firm export status to study the …

The study in this paper is on the causal relationship between export activities of firms and their characteristics in a … transition country that is pursuing export-led growth strategies and experiencing a fast track of trade liberalization. For this … observe that exceptional performance of exporters, especially in TFP, does prevail in this country. Via testing self …

international trade engagement and productivity in Portugal. We analyse in particular the learning-by-exporting hypotheses. In line …. In post-entry years we find a higher growth of labour productivity and total factor productivity for new exporting firms … export to more developed markets, in those that achieve a certain threshold of export intensity and particularly for those …

This paper studies the relationship between productivity and export orientation of Uruguayan manufacturing firms in … productivity after firms start to export, which supports the learning by exporting hypothesis. …-Petrin, which corrects simultaneity and selection bias. Second, total factor productivity and labour productivity differentials of …

analysis of productivity premia associated with participation in international trade and presence of inward FDI; 2) a Cobb …

In this work, we analyze the effect of export destinations on Total Factor Productivity (TFP) of manufacturing … productivity through learning by exporting. However, evidence of learning by exporting is found for those firms starting to export … productivity exporting to markets with lower entry cost, and once they have learned and improved their productivity, are in a …

In this work we analyse the effect of export destinations on Total Factor Productivity (TFP) of manufacturing Uruguayan … productivity through learning by exporting. However, evidence of learning by exporting is found for those firms starting to export … Nacional de Aduanas-. We estimate TFP using the Levinsohn & Petrin (2003) methodology. Results for Pooled Ordinary Least …

export status and provides an explanation for the lackluster average productivity performance of exporting plants. … economic environment and their contributions to aggregate productivity growth in the period following the implementation of the … North American Trade Agreement (NAFTA). In all industries, an overwhelming share of aggregate productivity growth is …

analyze total factor productivity and technical efficiency in a large sample of Nicaraguan manufacturing firms. Our analysis … expected positive effects on sources of growth such as total factor productivity and technical efficiency could be so slow that …

), the diversification of the export basket and intra-industry trade. The estimation also includes several control variables …This paper analyzes the relationship between the intensity of international trade flows and labor productivity for 28 … industries in the five main economies in the region (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico)using the Arellano …