We focus on the effects of the imports of intermediate inputs over the growth performance. Such an analysis is essential insofar as some countries import large amounts of intermediate inputs to be used in the production of final goods to export. Then it arises the question of whether such a...

The new international standards for national accounts and balance of payments statistics (ESA 2010 and BPM6) introduced a new treatment of goods sent abroad for processing without changing ownership, now considered as an exchange of services. In this paper we explore to what extent this...

We consider two channels via which foreign inputs into industrial production may lead to productivity effects. The first one concerns dynamic externalities between firms which share technical and organizational knowledge which is vital for the productivity growth of a particular industry. We...