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 …

liberalization. Firm productivity in a given product is modeled as a combination of firm-level quot;abilityquot; and firm … firm-level ability raises a firm's productivity across all products, which induces a positive correlation between a firm …'s intensive (output per product) and extensive (number of products) margins. Trade liberalization fosters productivity growth …

liberalization. Firm productivity in a given product is modeled as a combination of firm-level "ability" and firm …-level ability raises a firm's productivity across all products, which induces a positive correlation between a firm's intensive … (output per product) and extensive (number of products) margins. Trade liberalization fosters productivity growth within and …

liberalization. Firm productivity in a given product is modeled as a combination of firm-level "ability" and firm …-level ability raises a firm's productivity across all products, which induces a positive correlation between a firm's intensive … (output per product) and extensive (number of products) margins. Trade liberalization fosters productivity growth within and …

In this paper I analyze the productivity gains from trade liberalization in the Belgian textile industry. So far …, empirical research has established a strong relationship between opening up to trade and productivity, relying almost entirely … on deflated sales to proxy for output in the production function. The latter implies that the resulting productivity …

In this paper I analyze the productivity gains from trade liberalization in the Belgian textile industry. So far …, empirical research has established a strong relationship between opening up to trade and productivity, relying almost entirely … on deflated sales to proxy for output in the production function. The latter implies that the resulting productivity …