We examine the effects of international trading activities of firms on creating productivity gains in Turkey by using a … (TFP) and labor productivity (LP) of firms. Importing is found to have a greater impact on productivity of firms compared … productivity Finally, our results indicate that international trade has greater impact on LP rather than TFP of firms. …

This paper focuses on self-selection into trade by exporting and importing firms, and on the presence of differential … variable and sunk costs between exporters and importers across different categories of imports. In addition the authors … for Turkish manufacturing firms for the period 2003-2010. This allows them to provide a comprehensive analysis of firm …

The impact of international trade on firm productivity is tested by accounting for firms' import as well as export … status for a large panel of Irish manufacturing firms. Two-way traders and exporters-only are found to be the most productive … firms, with a significant gap between them and importersonly and non-traders. tfp is calculated using a modified version of …

relationship between investment and uncertainty for a panel of U.S. firms operating in oil and gas industry with a new approach. We …

private Colombian exporting firms, the short-term econometric analysis indicates that: i) international managerial quality has …

Belgium. Both imports and exports appear to be highly concentrated among few firms and seem to have become more so over time …. Focusing on manufacturing, we find that facts previously reported in the literature for exports only actually apply to imports …. The same is true if we consider the number of products traded. With regard to productivity differentials, firms that both …

that more complex tasks are more costly to complete. Within the structure of our model, firms skew employment toward … occupations engaged in more complex tasks. Moreover, the distribution of employment is more skewed for more globalized firms …, while it is less skewed for larger firms. These results are consistent with our empirical findings in Davidson, et al (2015). …

that more complex tasks are more costly to complete. Within the structure of our model, firms skew employment toward … occupations engaged in more complex tasks. Moreover, the distribution of employment is more skewed for more globalized firms …, while it is less skewed for larger firms. These results are consistent with our empirical findings in Davidson, et al (2015). …

that more complex tasks are more costly to complete. Within the structure of our model, firms skew employment toward … occupations engaged in more complex tasks. Moreover, the distribution of employment is more skewed for more globalized firms …, while it is less skewed for larger firms. These results are consistent with our empirical findings in Davidson, et al (2015). …

domestic production, as imports of intermediate products used as inputs in exports also increase. Global Value Chains (GVCs … importance of GVCs in India's exports, by devoting an entire chapter, suggesting ways to integrate Indian firms into GVCs. With …Exports serve as an engine of economic growth and can potentially help countries come out of poverty and unemployment …