While many studies explain the correlation between firm-level productivity and export status entirely by better firms … provinces with weaker institutions. The same type of firms also enjoy the largest productivity gains immediately following …

Many studies have provided evidence that the correlation between firm-level productivity and export status is driven by … productivity performance after they enter the export market and start selling abroad. In this study, we provide evidence for one … sample would be able to raise productivity if they operated at a larger scale. Entering the export market enables these small …

-sectoral resource allocation (IRA) and by within-sector selection of firms according to productivity (which we call Melitz selection …

that a reduction in the import tariff induces an incumbent importer/exporter to increase the quality of its exports and to …'s producers to upgrade the quality of the goods that they export. The paper first documents two stylized facts regarding the … simple analytic framework that relates a firm's choice of quality to its access to imported intermediates. The model predicts …

-sectoral resource allocation (IRA) and by within-sector selection of firms according to productivity (which we call Melitz selection …

LAC exports. China's retreat from certain markets, due to the ongoing rebalancing process, could open new opportunities … effect on LAC's GDP and exports in the long run, but this effect is small and uneven across countries, leading to winners and …

's producers to upgrade the quality of their exports. The paper first documents stylized facts regarding the effect of trade … liberalization on export prices. Next, an analytic framework is developed that relates a firm's choice of quality to its access to … imported intermediates. In the model a reduction in import tariffs induces a firm to increase export quality and to raise its …

In this paper I analyze if competition with Chinese products increased plant productivity in the manufacturing sector … that plants increased their productivity over time due to competition with Chinese products. The productivity differential …

exports. Contrary to the existing literature that describes processing firms as inferior, these mixed firms are superior to … choose to become suppliers or final good producers, and those that excel in both manufacturing ability and blueprint quality … that facilitating processing exports induces productive domestic downstream firms to establish their own trademarks. Our …