This study analyses empirically the effects of import competition on firm productivity (TFPQ) using administrative firm … positive incentives for firms to invest in productivity improvement, whereas import competition from middle- and low …. Costly investment in productivity appears feasible reaction to such type of competition and we find no evidence for …

This study analyzes empirically the effects of import competition on firm productivity (TFPQ) using administrative firm … positive incentives for firms to invest in productivity improvement, whereas import competition from middle- and low …. Costly investment in productivity appears feasible reaction to such type of competition and we find no evidence for …

estimation results, we relate productivity estimates with import competition, using firm and product level measures of import … competition. We find that if productivity at the firm level tends to positively react to increased import competition, the multi … efficiency in producing that core product, in which it has a productivity advantage. However, when the degree of foreign …

estimation results, we relate productivity estimates with import competition, using firm and product level measures of import … competition. We find that if productivity at the firm level tends to positively react to increased import competition, the multi … efficiency in producing that core product, in which it has a productivity advantage. However, when the degree of foreign …

This study examines whether the relationship between exports and productivity growth differs across firm size. Using …. This study finds evidence of productivity differences between new exporters and non-exporters confirming the empirical … vary across firm size, with both small and large firms experiencing immediate and significant productivity gains upon entry …

critically on the other measures of their performance that are observable to the shareholders. Top managers who have important … top managers with broad oversight authority. We find robust empirical support for this proposition using a comprehensive …

firm productivity? Or is it only more productive firms that remain in the export market? We focus on a relatively well …-evolution of productivity and growth, and attempt to ascertain both contemporaneous and lagged causal relationships. Our findings … productivity growth within the period and very little evidence that exporting growth has a causal effect on subsequent TFP growth. …