Berthou, Antoine; Chung, Jong Hyun; Manova, Kalina; … - 2020
productivity, while import liberalization has ambiguous effects. Resource misallocation can either amplify, dampen or reverse the … firms in the presence of distortions: (i) Both export and import expansion increase average firm productivity, but the … productivity; (iii) Efficient institutions, factor and product markets amplify the gains from import competition but dampen those …