as the opening up of product markets between two countries, which may differ in total factor productivity, factor …

This research sheds light on the role of product scope on the innovation activity of multinational multi-product firms …. We use patent citation data to break down innovation into two types by measuring the degree to which innovation performed … focus on two features in multinational production: (i) fundamental innovation is geographically more difficult to transfer …

investigate the relation between firms' trading activities (importing, exporting or both) and productivity. We find important self … correlated within firms, failing to control for the importing activity leads to overstated average productivity premia of … exporters. -- Trade openness ; Firms' Heterogeneity ; Productivity …

We provide a unified framework for quantifying the cross country and cross-sector interactions among trade, innovation … model in which comparative advantage and the stock of knowledge are determined by innovation and diffusion. A reduction in … trade costs induces a re-allocation of comparative advantage in production and innovation across sectors, which translates …

; Gains from Trade ; Total Factor Productivity …