industry (2007-2014) to investigate the impacts of exporting on the productivity trajectory and intensity of factors. The … and the use of comparative advantages so that firms that start exporting have an immediate productivity growth of around 5 … growth (reduction) in productivity (intensity of capital) is, approximately, 12% (15%). Among the sources of heterogeneities …

International trade has been stated as one of the most important mean of improving firms' productivity, being the … contribute to local firm's productivity performance by incorporating better inputs in their production processes. This paper … of manufacturing formal firms in Ecuador, and, the causal relationship between the import decision and firm productivity …

In this paper, we analyze the joint effect of persistency in innovation and export on firms' total factor productivity … productivity results than persistently exporting (innovating) firms with no persistent innovation (export). Combining both …

through differences in productivity levels and size. In this paper we analyze the link between heterogeneity within sectors … industries between 1994 and 2004. The focus of our paper is on the role played by average productivity level and the distribution … industries with higher productivity levels and with a distribution of firms shifted toward large firms are more prone to …

through differences in productivity levels and size. In this paper we analyze the link between heterogeneity within sectors … industries between 1994 and 2004. The focus of our paper is on the role played by average productivity level and the distribution … industries with higher productivity levels and with a distribution of firms shifted toward large firms are more prone to …

This paper examines whether importing intermediate goods improves plant performance. While addressing the issue of … simultaneity of a productivity shock and decisions to import intermediates, we estimate the impact of the use of foreign … intermediates on plants' productivity using plant-level Chilean manufacturing panel data. We found that the switching from being a …

productivity and wage growth are higher for newly founded MNEs than for national rms. Employment growth is superior before …

Studies of firm-level data have shown that there is a huge dispersion of productivity across firms even when industries … productive. The formers' convergence could therefore constitute an important part of productivity growth at the macroeconomic … which can explain it. Productivity convergence was stronger for labour productivity than for total factor productivity. But …

of the study suggest that both exporting and importing have positive significant effects on total factor productivity … (TFP) and labor productivity (LP) of firms. Importing is found to have a greater impact on productivity of firms compared …We examine the effects of international trading activities of firms on creating productivity gains in Turkey by using a …