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 …

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

. Applying propensity score matching to control for differences across firms in terms of labor productivity, size, etc., we find …

. Applying propensity score matching to control for differences across firms in terms of labor productivity, size, etc., we find …

. Applying propensity score matching to control for differences across firms in terms of labor productivity, size, etc., we find …

productivity growth based on manufacturing industry data for 14 OECD countries from 1995 ? 2000. We find that the broad measure of … international outsourcing of material inputs to low income countries is significantly negatively related to productivity growth … percent of the growth of total factor productivity in the manufacturing sector in the selected OECD countries. …

via an increase in their productivity. The growing competitive pressure in the upstream sector, induced by global retail … chains, drives least productive firms out of the market and the average productivity of the sector increases. In addition …, retail sector FDI generates productivity gains at the firm level: local suppliers of multinational retailers benefit from the …