What is the effect of imports on productivity? To answer this question, we estimate a structural model of producers … through imports advancing firm level productivity, while the remaining 50% comes from the reallocation of capital and labor to … heterogenous firms, producers choose to import or purchase domestically varieties of intermediate inputs. Imports affect firm …

What is the effect of imports on productivity? To answer this question, we estimate a structural model of producers … through imports advancing firm level productivity, while the remaining 50% comes from the reallocation of capital and labor to … heterogenous firms, producers choose to import or purchase domestically varieties of intermediate inputs. Imports affect firm …

What is the effect of imports on productivity? To answer this question, we estimate a structural model of producers … through imports advancing firm level productivity, while the remaining 50% comes from the reallocation of capital and labor to … heterogenous firms, producers choose to import or purchase domestically varieties of intermediate inputs. Imports affect firm …

What is the effect of imports on productivity? To answer this question, we estimate a structural model of producers … through imports advancing firm level productivity, while the remaining 50% comes from the reallocation of capital and labour … heterogenous firms, producers choose to import or purchase domestically varieties of intermediate inputs. Imports affect firm …

mechanism through which imports increase productivity, which may help explain why a number of studies find firm …This paper examines the interdependence between innovation and imports of intermediates, and their joint impact on … productivity. We do so by developing a quantitative model with heterogeneous firms and international trade where firms can invest …

This study examines the impact of imported intermediates on plant productivity and the role of plant capability in …. This study finds that import intensity does not significantly affect productivity. However, the impact of import intensity … on productivity is positive and significant for exporters and for plants with higher capital intensity. Meanwhile, older …

aggregate productivity, resource allocation, and industry export activity along both the extensive and intensive margins. Using … productivity and shipping costs using Chilean plant-level data for a set of manufacturing industries. The estimated model is … consistent with the key features of the data regarding productivity, exporting, and importing. We perform a variety of …

evidence of both self-selection into importing and learning-by-importing, but not all imports seem to matter for productivity …This paper looks at the question of how import activities and productivity are related. Using detailed production and … two types of imports, materials (or intermediate inputs) and machinery and equipment (or capital goods), and to separately …

International trade has been stated as one of the most important mean of improving firms' productivity, being the … channel behind, the technology transfer from foreign companies to local firms. Focusing on imports, they can positively … contribute to local firm's productivity performance by incorporating better inputs in their production processes. This paper …