substantial productivity growth, but some evidence of trade discipline on the price-cost margins. A markup premium is however …

International trade has been stated as one of the most important mean of improving firms' productivity, being the … contribute to local firm's productivity performance by incorporating better inputs in their production processes. This paper … of manufacturing formal firms in Ecuador, and, the causal relationship between the import decision and firm productivity …

The past few decades have witnessed a slowdown in productivity growth in many advanced economies, including Finland … single-product firms. While single-product firms outperform multi-product firms in productivity, the study shows that product … diversity is positively related to productivity. Furthermore, the study demonstrates that there is a positive relationship …

This paper investigates the evolution of aggregate productivity and markups among French manufacturing firms between … 1994 and 2016, by focusing on the role of reallocation with respect to both aggregate measures. Firm-level productivity and … aggregate productivity growth of about 34% over the whole period while aggregate markups are found to remain relatively stable …

We analyze the influence of monetary policy on firms’ extensive margin and productivity. Our empirical evidence for the …

age and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … manufacturing industries in Germany using newly available, unique data. We find concave age-productivity profiles and a negative … paribus lower level of productivity in firms with a higher share of female employees does not go hand in hand with a lower …