environmental regulation on innovation and on productivity generally in separate analyses and mostly focusing on the USA. The few … performance indicators such as exports. We instead look at overall innovation and productivity impact that are the most relevant … with most of the literature. On the other front, we find no evidence in favor or against the "strong" PH, as productivity …

competition and the greater the productivity gap, the lower the probability of firms engaging in innovation. In contrast, when a … Trade Solution (WITS), this paper presents estimates of the effects of import competition and distance to the technological … competition depends on the firms distance to the technological frontier. The estimates suggest that the lower the foreign …