This paper reviews recent studies on the links between competition, innovation and
productivity growth in the long run. From a long-run perspective, one can see that gains from …

This paper develops a dynamic industry model with heterogeneous firms to analyze the intra‐
industry effects of international trade. The model shows how the exposure to trade will …

Many empirical studies based on plant‐level data have found that firms that enter the export
markets are more productive than non‐exporters and that this difference in productivity is …

Do countries with lower policy-induced barriers to international trade grow faster, once other
relevant country characteristics are controlled for? There exists a large empirical literature …

We reconcile trade theory with plant-level export behavior, extending the Ricardian model to
accommodate many countries, geographic barriers, and imperfect competition. Our model …

Proponents of trade liberalization argue that exporting helps firms to achieve higher
productivity levels. This hypothesis is examined for a panel of manufacturing firms in nine …

This paper explores a period of substantial variation in trade policy across industries in
Colombia (1977–1991) to examine whether increased exposure to foreign competition …

Exporting involves sunk costs, so some firms export whilst others do not. This proposition
derives from a number of models of firm behavior and has been exposed to …

Computable General Equilibrium models, widely used for the analysis of Free Trade
Agreements, are often criticized for having poor econometric foundations. This paper …

This paper examines the causal relationship between productivity and exporting in German
manufacturing. We find a causal link from high productivity to presence in foreign markets …