This paper explores the link between exports and total factor productivity (TFP) in Brazilian manufacturing firms over … exports significantly, but with stagnant aggregate TFP growth. The authors first estimate firm-level TFP under alternative … control for the possibility that selection into exports may not be a random process. Their results confirm the self …

: size, being listed in the Brazilian stock market and level of exports-sales ratio. Our results show that all dimensions … middle firms are not credit constrained when listed in the stock market or when the exports-sales ratio is higher. …

The objective of this paper is to learn about the effects of the adjustment costs, economic growth, imports and exports …