This study analyses empirically the effects of import competition on firm productivity (TFPQ) using administrative firm … positive incentives for firms to invest in productivity improvement, whereas import competition from middle- and low …-level panel data from German manufacturing. We find that only import competition from high-income countries is associated with …

This study analyzes empirically the effects of import competition on firm productivity (TFPQ) using administrative firm … positive incentives for firms to invest in productivity improvement, whereas import competition from middle- and low …-level panel data from German manufacturing. We find that only import competition from high-income countries is associated with …

reconcile these findings by linking part of the increase in domestic concentration to import competition. Although concentration … increase. We find that higher import competition caused a decline in the market shares of the top twenty U.S. firms. …