relationship between the margins of trade and firm productivity, both across firms and within firms over time. In addition, we … and the value of CAT exports responds differently to variation in firm productivity and trade costs than does the export …

The impact of international trade on firm productivity is tested by accounting for firms' import as well as export … Difference in Differences, are used to calculate productivity improvements from entering into international trade. These …

heterogeneous firms and costly trade. Growth originates from horizontal specialization and the steady state productivity growth rate …

first order stochastic dominance it is shown that, in line with this hypothesis, the productivity distribution of foreign …