frontier and that the frontier will move out faster. In particular, plants that export will achieve a higher productivity level … increase their productivity advantage after entry into the export market. While the first finding can be explained by selection …. However intuitive the argument, empirical evidence is meager. This hypothesis is examined by calculating the effect of export …

This paper analyzes the causal relations between firms' productivity, factor intensity and export participation. Using … strong evidence of domestic firms self-selecting into export markets with higher productivity ex ante, and enhanced … productivity ex post. No such pattern is observed among foreign- invested firms. We also find that both domestic and foreign new …

-by-exporting effects. However, applying matching methodology to formally evaluate the causal effects of export market entry on productivity … Belgian manufacturing firms from 1998 to 2005. Initial evidence suggests that, before export market entry, exporters to more … developed economies have superior productivity levels than non-exporters and firms exporting to less developed countries …

The paper studies the productivity change of the commercial banks in the CEE countries over the post-crisis period 2013 …-2018. The productivity change is measured by the Malmquist Productivity Index and its sub-components, applying two approaches … banks in 11 CEE countries. We find that commercial banks' productivity, measured with the asset-oriented intermediation …