productivity of trade liberalization in six emerging economies. Regressions based on panel data for 28 three-digit manufacturing … industries show that productivity growth is insensitive to tariff reduction. These results are at variance with country …-specific studies which, using firm-level data, generally find a positive association between liberalization and productivity growth …

We investigate theoretically and empirically the role of wholesalers in mediating the productivity effects of trade … liberalization. Intermediaries provide indirect access to foreign produced inputs. The productivity effects of input tariff cuts on … firms experience productivity gains from reducing input tariffs if trade intermediation of foreign inputs within their …

The productivity growth has an important linkage with economic growth and standard of living. It not only increases … therefore public policies aim at improving productivity. This paper focusses on estimating productivity in iron-steel and cement … industries in India and examines the impact of trade liberalization on productivity. The period of the study is from 1991-92 to …