-producing country such as the U.S. is associated with a 0.15% lower level of productivity. Second, technological knowledge has become … more global over the sample period. As a determinant of productivity, foreign R&D has significantly gained in importance …

In this paper, we build a dynamic model with endogenous firm-level productivity that generates firm heterogeneity as an … equilibrium outcome. Firm heterogeneity arises in equilibrium from the gradual diffusion of a technological innovation through the … positive impact on the equilibrium rate of adoption (and hence firm-level productivity). In addition, the model can replicate …

This paper aids our understanding of the link between innovation and exporting behavior by detailing how firms may … purposefully decide on the source country for the imported innovation and the market that they ultimately serve. We argue that … 1998-2001, suggest the existence of positive and highly significant effect of spending on new technology on the export …

The desire to increase manufacturing productivity has been a commonly cited goal of the trade liberalization episodes … in productivity. However, this paper finds that the methodology used in the literature ignores inter …-industry productivity spillovers and suggests that this omission biases estimates of the impact of import tariff reduction on industry …