This paper investigates the presence of productivity spillovers due to exporting. In particular, we examine whether … productivity gains from exporting spillover upstream (to suppliers), downstream (to customers) or horizontally (to competitors …). Using plant-level data on Indonesian manufacturing sectors, we find productivity gains to downstream firms of approximately …

productivity and export. Using firm-level data matched with very detailed customs data of Indonesia’s exports and imports during … instruments for import of intermediate inputs. We find causality from imported inputs to productivity increase and export growth …. Higher access to input varieties has a larger impact than an increase in import volume on export, implying that the main …

case of a protectionist FDI policy in Indonesia that restricts FDI at the product level. Using a yearly census of …-level productivity. Controlling for an extensive set of fixed effects as well as potential political-economy drivers of regulation, we … experienced a substantial loss in productivity that was concentrated in the sectors most dependent on external finance and …