. Domestic productivity growth converges to the international rate through firm-level investment in process innovation. With … imported goods and the productivity differential of domestic firms with the rest of the world. We show that increased import … competition, through either a larger number of imported goods or a faster international rate of productivity growth, leads to …

competition from demand shocks in export markets – and the induced product mix reallocations – induce productivity changes within … the firm. We then empirically test for this connection between the demand shocks and the productivity of multi …-product firms exporting to those destinations. We find that the effect of those demand shocks on productivity is substantial – and …

face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and the average productivity of survivors increases. These pro … confirmed in an empirical study of the German clothing industry. -- International trade ; firm heterogeneity ; productivity …

reallocations - induce productivity changes within the firm. We then empirically test for this connection between the demand shocks … and the productivity of multi-product firms exporting to those destinations. We find that the effect of those demand … shocks on productivity are substantial - and explain an important share of aggregate productivity fluctuations for French …