In this paper we demonstrate the importance of distinguishing capital goods tariffs from other tariffs. Using exposure … reduction in intermediate and consumption input or output tariffs do not significantly increase their investment rates. However …, firms' investment rate increase strongly in response to a reduction in capital goods input tariffs. Firms do not substitute …

growth and low productivity. Major structural measures have been legislated to improve competition, education, energy, the …

plant's placement within the productivity distribution. Appreciations of the local currency expose domestic plants to more … plants are forced from the market, which truncates the lower end of the productivity distribution. For surviving plants …, appreciations can lead to a reduction in plant size, which, in the presence of scale economies, can lower productivity. We examine …

This paper explores how reductions in tariffs on imported inputs and final goods affect firm productivity by exploiting … importantly, unlike previous findings, reductions in output tariffs have a greater effect on productivity improvement compared … construct firm-level input and output tariffs. Careful examination of the extent of firm engagement in processing trade and in …

increases average productivity. Furthermore, under the first specification exposure to trade always has a positive effect on …

changes in tariffs and real exchange rates, whether differences in their efficiency levels are controlled or not …

In this paper, we explore the linkages between export-market participation and productivity performance in Canadian … manufacturing plants. We also examine differences in the effect of exporting on productivity between foreign-controlled and domestic …-controlled plants, and between young and older plants. We find that export participation improves productivity. The effect is much …