-2011, we empirically establish that exogenous shocks to export demand and import competition both generate large aggregate … firms in the presence of distortions: (i) Both export and import expansion increase average firm productivity, but the … former also shifts activity towards more productive firms, while the latter acts in reverse; (ii) Both export and import …

entered the European Union in May 2004 have achieved a decade of impressive export growth, expanding significantly their … continue to power export growth? This paper places in international context the achievements of the CEE-8 and helps more …

We analyze the impact of rising import competition from China on U.S. innovative activities. Using Compustat data, we … find that import competition induces R and D expenditures to be reallocated towards more productive and more profitable … identified in the previous literature. Indeed, our quantitative analysis shows no adverse impact of import competition on …

firm-level dataset to examine the impact of import competition on employment, wages, and firm performance, as well as the … firm, industry, and country factors that mitigate any negative impact of an import shock. In contrast to the results of … some well-known single-country studies, we find limited adverse impact of import competition. In some countries and …

Concerns about export growth within the euro area peripheral countries due to a lack of competitiveness within the euro …

This paper investigates the impact of domestic fuel price increases on export growth in a sample of 77 developing … in domestic gasoline or diesel price adversely affects real non-fuel export growth, but only in the short run as the …

Spain's export performance strengthened after the global financial crisis, and exports now represent more than a third … diversification of destination markets; enhanced export orientation of Spanish firms, partly as a response to lower domestic demand … adopted in 2010 and 2012. Based on cross-country panel regressions linking real export growth to employment protection …

, structural factors are found to hamper competitiveness. While a more competitive exchange rate might improve short-term export …