This paper studies the effects of trade liberalization on the evolution of firm productivity. The productivity of each … nominal tariffs on firms' productivity levels is identified. After controlling for the endogeneity of nominal tariffs, the … estimated coefficient for tariffs in the productivity equation turns out to be negative. Second, a measure of tariffs on inputs …

This paper studies the effects of trade liberalization on the evolution of firm productivity. The productivity of each … nominal tariffs on firms' productivity levels is identified. After controlling for the endogeneity of nominal tariffs, the … estimated coefficient for tariffs in the productivity equation turns out to be negative. Second, a measure of tariffs on inputs …

This paper estimates agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) in 162 countries between 1991 and 2015 and aims to … understand sources of cross-country variations in agricultural TFP levels and its growth rates. Two factors affecting … agricultural TFP are analyzed in detail - imported intermediate inputs and climate. We first show that these two factors are …

, procompetitive effect of trade on total factor productivity (TFP). However, as in the 1990s, these gains do not seem to have been …This paper uses the sudden surge in Chinese competition faced by Brazil's manufacturers in the 2000s to revisit the … findings from the literature on how productivity, innovation, and employment were impacted by the Great Liberalizationa period …