In this paper we show that the relationship between trade liberalization and fi rm productivity is sensitive to the … method used to estimate the production function. We estimate the productivity of Colombian manufacturing plants using the … come to surprisingly different conclusions about firm productivity growth after the liberalization. Results from a growth …

spillovers on firm-level productivity are extensively studied in applied work, but not in the context of resource misallocation …

This paper studies the relationship between export activities and firm-level productivity. Unique matching of German … a rise in firm-level productivity. That is, the annual average growth rate of an exporting firm's productivity is … foreign markets boosts firm-level productivity. …

This paper studies the relationship between export activities and firm-level productivity. Unique matching of German … a rise in firm-level productivity. That is, the annual average growth rate of an exporting firm's productivity is … foreign markets boosts firm-level productivity. …

We analyze the impact of trade liberalization on firm productivity growth in Kenya’s manufacturing sector, using a … panel spanning 8 years; 1992-1999. Our analysis reveals that liberalizing trade generates high productivity improvements in … significantly increases firm-level productivity in the manufacturing sector by 5.7%. When we examine this effect on the firm’s share …

We analyze the impact of trade liberalization on firm productivity growth in Kenya's manufacturing sector, using a … panel spanning 8 years; 1992-1999. Our analysis reveals that liberalizing trade generates high productivity improvements in … significantly increases firm-level productivity in the manufacturing sector by 5.7%. When we examine this effect on the firm's share …

pressure on inefficient firms to exit. As a result, low cost entry and exit may contribute to aggregate productivity … total factor productivity among entering, exiting, and continuing firms, and quantify the contribution of firm turnover to … industry productivity improvements. We find significant differences in productivity across manufacturing firms that are …

In the paper, productivity convergence is analyzed with a broad panel of industry sector data for the United States and … had a significant effect on German sectoral productivity growth in the sixties and seventies. Some part of the catching …-up is due to capital-deepening, but most of it is total factor productivity convergence, i.e. endogenous growth models …

channel through which trade liberalization measures enhance overall industrial productivity by triggering the exit of low-productivity … productivity rates in Korea since the 1990s. First, this analysis reveals that since the 1990s, the TFP of the tradable sector …