Does competition enhance productivity growth of a developing economy? Is global competition conducive to economic … development? Especially, does competition with more advanced producers in the global market promote productivity growth of … productivity growth and economic development? Many researchers have been working to find a better answer to these, perhaps quite …

productivity, while import liberalization has ambiguous effects. Resource misallocation can either amplify, dampen or reverse the … productivity gains. Guided by theory, we provide evidence consistent with these effects operating through reallocations across … firms in the presence of distortions: (i) Both export and import expansion increase average firm productivity, but the …