input side. A unique firm-input level dataset for India with information on different raw material inputs used in production …

. To build a productivity link between imports and exports, we also estimate the contribution of import scope to … of 15%, the average fixed cost of importing an HS6 product expands import scope, but the main driver for the expansion of … import scope is the change in productivity. Furthermore, the asymmetry change in the two fixed costs explains most of the …

export their goods and whether to use imported intermediates. The model highlights mechanisms whereby import policies affect … aggregate productivity, resource allocation, and industry export activity along both the extensive and intensive margins. Using … counterfactual experiments to assess quantitatively the positive and normative effects of barriers to trade in import and export …