productivity gains. Guided by theory, we provide evidence consistent with these effects operating through reallocations across … 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 …

This paper addresses the lack of connection between theory and empirics in most export diversification … the level of technology and country size assessed with respect to the rest of the world. Relative export diversification … is an outcome of two forces: a relative productivity change (technological progress) and a relative country size change …

This paper addresses the lack of connection between theory and empirics in most export diversification - economic … the level of technology and country size assessed with respect to the rest of the world. Relative export diversification … is an outcome of two forces: a relative productivity change (technological progress) and a relative country size change …