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 …

productivity. Further, we analyse both own-direct effects of exporting (importing) and cross-direct ef- fects of exporting … exporting and importing persistence. The estimation results suggest the relevance of both direct and indirect effects (own and …

firm productivity? Or is it only more productive firms that remain in the export market? We focus on a relatively well … productivity growth within the period and very little evidence that exporting growth has a causal effect on subsequent TFP growth. …-evolution of productivity and growth, and attempt to ascertain both contemporaneous and lagged causal relationships. Our findings …

physical productivity resulting from access to a larger variety of inputs and quality upgrading based on high-quality imported … competition in export markets relative to domestic ones. Our results strengthen arguments for policy focusing on promoting imports …

Based on the theory of heterogeneous firms, participation in the international market leads to changes in performance … industry (2007-2014) to investigate the impacts of exporting on the productivity trajectory and intensity of factors. The … and the use of comparative advantages so that firms that start exporting have an immediate productivity growth of around 5 …

potentially heterogeneous effects of the different modes of export market entry. We study how productivity of firms is affected by …Most of the empirical studies on the micro-level effects of exporting on productivity pay little attention to the … export entry simultaneously into several markets or export entry with several export products, and compare these to the entry …

Why is it that exporter productivity premia (EPP) differ so widely in size? We take this question to the theory and to … EPPs across sectors, and hence across countries, can be explained by the variation in productivity dispersion, trade costs …

Why is it that exporter productivity premia (EPP) differ so widely in size? We take this question to the theory and to … EPPs across sectors, and hence across countries, can be explained by the variation in productivity dispersion, trade costs …