This paper reviews recent studies on the impact of financial frictions on international trade.
We first present evidence on the relation between measures of access to external finance …

An effective digital strategy provides multifaceted benefits for firms of all sizes, including
operational oversight, learning, and effective market interactions. Yet, despite the …

Abstract Global Value Chain (GVC) participation is typically associated with a productivity
premium, yet similar firms can benefit differently depending on the possibility for creating …

Developing industrial linkages as spatial binding forces has become crucial for improving
firms' productivity. This paper examines the impacts of the adoption of forward and financial …

The paper examines the innovation and competitiveness of firms, especially with regard to
the channels of technology transfer and the nature of innovation activities that influence firm …

This paper revisits the 2008 paper in Food Policy,“Governance and agricultural productivity:
A cross‐national analysis.” We estimate a country‐level production function to assess the …

This paper is the first to propose an aggregate S-trend factor production function to estimate
total factor productivity (TFP) and investment efficiency in an economy. This function …

In this paper, we empirically assess repercussions of the pandemic on the firm-level
productivity worldwide. COVID-19 shock was very heterogeneous across sectors. Our …

Firms in post-transition economies are frequently considered less efficient than those in
more advanced market economies. By relying on the World Bank Enterprise Survey for the …

This paper examines the significance and robustness of four measures of growth of the firm
with respect to firm-level Total Factor Productivity (hereinafter TFP). These four measures …