, increases in export profitability, may induce exporters to adopt more skilled-intensive technologies. This finding gives support … inequality. This paper also finds that real depreciations increase the probability of exporting and the export intensity of … plants that export, suggesting that these two channels may explain why changes in the real exchange rate may affect wages …

that are implicit in previous firm-level productivity estimation approaches. We use Belgian firms production data to …We develop a new econometric framework that simultaneously allows recovering heterogeneity in demand, TFP and markups … quantify TFP, demand and markups and show how they are correlated among them, across time and with measures obtained from other …

that are implicit in previous firm-level productivity estimation approaches. We use Belgian firms production data to …We develop a new econometric framework that simultaneously allows recovering heterogeneity in demand, TFP and markups … quantify TFP, demand and markups and show how they are correlated among them, across time and with measures obtained from other …

that are implicit in previous firm-level productivity estimation approaches. We use Belgian firms production data to …We develop a new econometric framework that simultaneously allows recovering heterogeneity in demand, TFP and markups … quantify TFP, demand and markups and show how they are correlated among them, across time and with measures obtained from other …

extensive and the intensive margins and the connection between exporting dynamics and plant-level total factor productivity … and account for a small share of gross, industry-level changes in exports, employment, output, and productivity. The … dynamics at the intensive margin is intense and heterogeneous. Plant mobility across deciles of export distribution has an …

-effects estimation and remedying commonly suspected biases. Whereas productivity change is measured consistently, scale economies are not …Production function estimation with micro-data shows that a persistent unobserved variable varies within firm or plant … over time but resists treatment and may cause biases. This paper presents an estimation model of the firm under endogenous …

-effects estimation and remedying commonly suspected biases. Whereas productivity change is measured consistently, scale economies are not …Production function estimation with micro-data shows that a persistent unobserved variable varies within firm or plant … over time but resists treatment and may cause biases. This paper presents an estimation model of the firm under endogenous …

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 …

Following along the lines of a growing literature on the causal link between export- ing and productivity this paper … production with het- erogeneous firms that generates learning effects through competition in the export markets. The estimations … new exporters experienced a surge in productivity in the initial year of exports the effect dissipates as soon as the …