across countries and sectors. On the other hand, opening to trade boosts individual firms' productivity growth, via a number … of channels, and also enhances allocative efficiency across firms, in turn increasing aggregate productivity growth. One …

investigate the relation between firms' trading activities (importing, exporting or both) and productivity. We find important self … correlated within firms, failing to control for the importing activity leads to overstated average productivity premia of … exporters. -- Trade openness ; Firms' Heterogeneity ; Productivity …

This paper examines the role of international openness on the change of firm productivity in Southeastern Europe (SEE … higher learning effects. We find that (i) foreign ownership has helped at restructuring and enhancing productivity of local … firms in four out of six countries, (ii) exporting to advanced markets has a larger impact on productivity growth in four …

This paper examines the role of international openness on the change of firm productivity in southeastern Europe (SEE … higher learning effects. We find that (i) foreign ownership has helped at restructuring and enhancing productivity of local … firms in four out of six countries, (ii) exporting to advanced markets has a larger impact on productivity growth in four …

associated with increased profitability in such firms. Also, firm productivity and profitability were found to be positively …

European productivity shock. e focus lies on the national and county level (including 402 counties). As the e ects on regional … that the "Hartz IV-Reform" and the German productivity contributes positively to the decline of unemployment, whereas the … increase in Eastern European productivity is only responsible for a minor increase in unemployment. …

improvements were recorded in the overall productivity growth and spatial distribution of manufacturing which appear to be due …