support for a dynamic estimation setup and derive statements regarding the homogeneity assumption with respect to the three … most prominent explanatory variables in the literature: the capital-output ratio, total factor productivity and trade …

The study investigates the causal impact of trade openness and technology transfers on productivity growth in … countries weighted by bilateral import shares of a developing country with each innovative country. Our results report that the … technology diffusion affecting productivity growth in developing countries. On the contrary technologically non-intensive imports …

document the first empirical results on the relationship between imports and productivity for Germany, a leading actor on the … systematically by testing for self-selection of more productive firms into importing, and for productivity-enhancing effects of … imports ('learning-by-importing'). We find a positive link between importing and productivity. From an empirical model with …