In this paper, we explore the linkages between export-market participation and productivity performance in Canadian manufacturing plants. We also examine differences in the effect of exporting on productivity between foreign-controlled and domestic-controlled plants, and between young and older...

In recent years, understanding of the role of trade and investment in economic growth has been significantly advanced by new theoretical and empirical analysis based on explicit recognition of the heterogeneous nature of firms. In this literature (“new new trade theory”), firms with varying...

Raising the productivity content of exports is an important issue for developing and emerging countries. What role do foreign firms play in this process? This question has not been adequately studied. We contribute to the literature by generalizing the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) in...

This paper develops a framework for studying the general equilibrium effects of endogenous quality upgrading, a new margin of trade, on the welfare impact of trade liberalization. Unlike Fajgelbaum et al. (2011) which studies the effect of non homothetic preferences on output quality and...

This paper aims at providing causal evidence on the effects of expanded imported varieties on total factor productivity (TFP) using French firm level data. Our strategy is to build an exact index of increase in varieties -using the Broda, Greenfield and Weinstein (2006) methodology. This index...

We examine import prices paid by direct-sourcing Indian manufacturing firms in the early 2000s using a unique data set that matches firm characteristics with product and source-country trade data, offering a theoretical and empirical extension of Halpern and Koren (2007). We find that import...

This study disentangles the effects of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) and export on the productivity of Chinese manufacturing firms by using the propensity score matching approach with multiple treatments. Results show that just OFDI has a significant positive impact on firm...

A standard theoretical prediction is that average exports are independent of tariff rates when the underlying distribution of firm productivities is assumed to be the widely-used Pareto distribution. Assuming that the underlying distribution has no upper bound is undoubtedly inaccurate and...

This paper explores the effects of two wastewater regulations on export product quality using disaggregated level data from China. Applying a difference-in-differences approach, I find the first regulation improves product quality by 4.8%, while the second regulation with more rigorous standards...

This paper examines the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) on total factor productivity growth in Canadian manufacturing industries. In contrast with most previous studies, this paper focuses on the spillover effects of FDI taking place through inter-industry linkages and studies the...