Using a balanced panel of firm-level data on the manufacturing industry in France, Italy and Spain over the 1993-1997 period, this paper examines the impact of foreign presence on the productivity of domestic enterprises. We innovate on existing literature by using firm-level data comparable...

Das geplante Austrittsdatum des Vereinigten Königreichs (UK) aus der Europäischen Union (EU) rückt näher und ein Einvernehmen scheint immer unwahrscheinlicher zu werden. Ein harter Brexit, also ein Austritt des UK ohne Abkommen, träfe aufgrund der starken ökonomischen, institutionellen und...

This paper investigates interactions between exporting and productivity at the firm level, using a panel of firms in the UK chemical industry. This is both highly technology intensive and the UK's largest exporting sector. We find exporters are more productive than non-exporters, but are also on...