inputs off-shoring. Third, in terms of the productivity dynamics over the period 1998-2003, exporters' performance in Italy …

Productivity in Russia has fallen steadily over the past 15 years. This paper explores micro-level data to understand … the contribution of individual firms to aggregate productivity. Overall, firm-level data corroborate the decline in … aggregate productivity and a widening productivity gap against several European countries. They also show that the gap between …