The impact of international trade on firm productivity is tested by accounting for firms' import as well as export … improvements are found to be highly contingent on export status, with import status being unimportant. The key finding of the paper … is that the gains from trade, for Ireland at least, appear to lie on the export side. Interestingly, quitting trade leads …

simultaneously import intermediate inputs and export (vertically specialized firms à la Hummels et al., The Nature and Growth of …The aim of this paper is to investigate whether the probability of ceasing to export is lower for firms that …, sourcing inputs from abroad plays an important role in continuing to export. Thus, it seems that small firms which are both …

simultaneously import intermediate inputs and export (vertically specialized firms à la Hummels et al., The nature and growth of …The aim of this paper is to investigate whether the probability of ceasing to export is lower for firms that … sourcing inputs from abroad on export exit is significantly different for large and small firms, playing a role in continuing …

firm export performance. We distinguish imports of intermediates according to their origin and we find that inputs sourced … from low labour cost countries promote the firm's export activity. Imports from high-income countries do not significantly … contribute to the export orientation of firms, especially when both persistence in export and the possible endogeneity of the …

.S. patents matched to corporate owners, we quantify how foreign competition affects domestic innovation. Rising import exposure … sectoral patenting trends, we find that U.S. patent production declines in sectors facing greater import competition. This …