may then force managers to improve the productivity of the firm in order to ensure survival. While this hypothesis has … managers. Using Spanish firm-level data, we compare how familymanaged and professionally-managed firms react to import … competition shocks. We find that import competition leads to productivity increases in family-managed firms that are initially …

estimation results, we relate productivity estimates with import competition, using firm and product level measures of import … competition. We find that if productivity at the firm level tends to positively react to increased import competition, the multi …-product firms response varies according to the relative importance of the product that faces stronger import competition in the firm …

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 …-level panel data from German manufacturing. We find that only import competition from high-income countries is associated with …

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 …-level panel data from German manufacturing. We find that only import competition from high-income countries is associated with …

productivity, while import liberalization has ambiguous effects. Resource misallocation can either amplify, dampen or reverse the … firms in the presence of distortions: (i) Both export and import expansion increase average firm productivity, but the … productivity; (iii) Efficient institutions, factor and product markets amplify the gains from import competition but dampen those …