Trefler (2004, AER) and others that industrial productivity increases more strongly in liberalized industries than in non … productivity increases more strongly in non-liberalized industries than in liberalized industries. …

liberalization. As a result the aggregate productivity is affected by a reallocation of resources to more productive firms and a …

liberalization. As a result, the aggregate productivity is affected by a reallocation of resources to more productive firms and a …

decreases the share of high-quality varieties in exports and the average productivity of exporters. These changes affect average …

and countries. Firms' export decisions depend on a combination of firm “productivity” and firm-product-country “consumer … tastes,' both of which are stochastic and unknown prior to the payment of a sunk cost of entry. Higher-productivity firms … export a wider range of products to a larger set of countries than lower-productivity firms. Trade liberalization induces …

improve the business conditions in one country have negative productivity and welfare effects on the trading partner. Second …

improve the business conditions in one country have negative productivity and welfare effects on the trading partner. Second …

economies of scale to sort out the rich interactions between TBT reform, input diversity, firm-level productivity, and aggregate … productivity. We calibrate the model for 14 industries in order to clarify the theoretical ambiguities. Overall, our results tend …

heterogeneous firms and costly trade. Growth originates from horizontal specialization and the steady state productivity growth rate … production. -- productivity ; entry costs ; heterogeneous firms ; trade liberalization …