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Recent theoretical research shows that exporters are more productive than nonexporters. We show that this result holds almost trivially for the case of constant marginal cost of production, as mainly assumed in the literature, but it may not hold true if the marginal cost is not constant. Our...
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fraction of a firm's total costs. Productivity tends to fall, and firms may shift new investment and production to locations …
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on productivity, using a large panel of around 6200 firms. The findings of the theoretical literature on this topic are … consortia increases productivity. …
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This study investigates induced productivity effects of firms introducing new environmental technologies. The … literature on within-firm organisational change and productivity suggests that firms can achieve higher productivity gains from … associated with lower productivity, the simultaneous implementation of green technologies and organisational innovations is not. …
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associated with higher productivity levels. In this context, this paper explores the links between urban spatial structure and …
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This paper highlights the crucial role played by international access to intermediate inputs to explain firm-level performance, via two channels simultaneously: trade and FDI. We develop a simple theoretical model showing that trade integration of input market entails an efficiency improvement...
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This paper integrates a simple theory of identity choice into a framework of endogenous economic growth to explain how …
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