incidence of large investment outlays. While the level of productivity does not seem to increase the probability of adding a … product, a net increase in the number of products is strongly associated with subsequent growth in sales, productivity and …

China's manufacturing sector has been a key source of the economy's dynamism. Analysis after 2007 however is hampered … annual survey of firms conducted by China's State Taxation Administration (STA) provides a reliable, alternative source of … known, the data cannot be used directly to draw inferences on China's manufacturing sector. By comparing the joint …

This paper explores the link between exports and total factor productivity (TFP) in Brazilian manufacturing firms over …-selection hypothesis and show that starting to export yields an extra TFP growth that emerges since a firm's first year of exporting but … productivity, which reinforces the importance of accounting for firm export status to study the evolution of productivity. …