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 …

industry (2007-2014) to investigate the impacts of exporting on the productivity trajectory and intensity of factors. The … and the use of comparative advantages so that firms that start exporting have an immediate productivity growth of around 5 … growth (reduction) in productivity (intensity of capital) is, approximately, 12% (15%). Among the sources of heterogeneities …

Mexico and the US, on the productivity of Mexican plants between 1994 and 2007. We use detailed panel data on Mexican … manufacturers matched with trade data at the product level. Using quantity-based estimates of plant-level productivity, we identify … foreign competition causing initially low-productivity plants to fall farther behind their peers. We focus on within …

industries. Over the same period, productivity gains from reallocation accounted for 50% of European productivity growth and … with changes in productivity and allocative efficiency. This holds across most sectors and countries and supports the … notion that rising concentration in Europe reflects a more efficient market environment rather than weak competition and …

industries. Over the same period, productivity gains from reallocation accounted for 50% of European productivity growth and … with changes in productivity and allocative efficiency. This holds across most sectors and countries and supports the … notion that rising concentration in Europe reflects a more efficient market environment rather than weak competition and …

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 …