it takes time for firms to learn how to export. We show that this model without Melitz-type assumptions can account for … do not export. We also find that trade iberalization promotes economic growth and that it has the opposite effect of …

This study analyses empirically the effects of import competition on firm productivity (TFPQ) using administrative firm … positive incentives for firms to invest in productivity improvement, whereas import competition from middle- and low …. Costly investment in productivity appears feasible reaction to such type of competition and we find no evidence for …

This study analyzes empirically the effects of import competition on firm productivity (TFPQ) using administrative firm … positive incentives for firms to invest in productivity improvement, whereas import competition from middle- and low …. Costly investment in productivity appears feasible reaction to such type of competition and we find no evidence for …

and the value of CAT exports responds differently to variation in firm productivity and trade costs than does the export … relationship between the margins of trade and firm productivity, both across firms and within firms over time. In addition, we … export data at the firm-product level, we discover new and, heretofore, unknown facts about multi-product manufacturing …