Is there any empirical evidence that firms become more efficient after becoming exporters? Do firms that become exporters generate positive spillovers for domestically-oriented producers? In this paper we analyze the causal links between exporting and productivity using firm-level panel data...

In the past decade, contributors to the endogenous growth literature have identified a variety of ways that trade policy might affect long run growth. Among these, Lucas (1993) has argued that the mechanisms emphasized by Krugman (1987), Stokey (1988 and 1991) and Young (1991) provide an...

Is there any empirical evidence that firms become more efficient after becoming exporters? Do firms that become exporters generate positive spillovers for domestically-oriented producers in their industry or region? In this paper we analyze the causal links between exporting and productivity...