Revisiting Some Productivity Debates

By Johannes Van Biesebroeck. 2003

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Does the Use of Imported Intermediates Increase Productivity? Plant-Level Evidence (2008, background): “KEYWORDS: productivity, imported intermediates, plant-level JEL: F10, D21, D24 ∗The authors would like to thank Johannes Van Biesebroeck, Lee Branstetter, David Hummels, seminar participants at the Bank of Canada, CEA Annual Meeting, EIIT Conference, North America Econometric Society Meeting, and th”
Imports and Productivity (2005, unknown): “Results on the impact of imports are less conclusive, however (Van Biesenbroeck (2003)).”
Trade, Foreign Investment, and Industrial Policy for Developing Countries* (2009, background): “Van Biesebroeck nds that between two thirds and three quarters of the total change comes from within plant changes. The second most important e¤ect is the entry of more productive plants into the economy. While Pavcnik (2002) nds that two-thirds of the increases in productivity growth are due to r”
Intermediate input imports and innovations: Evidence from Chinese firms' patent filings (2016, background): “While innovation has been “found” to increase in all studies discussed above (with the exception of two cases with insignificant results, i.e., van Biesebroeck, 2003, and Muendler, 2004) in response to intermediate input tariff reduction, in contrast, we directly show that patent applications of…”
What Determines Productivity (2011, background): “Van Biesebroeck (2003) measures the productivity impact of auto assembly plants shifting to “lean” technologies, which in that context involves new capital plus a host of complementary practices (teamwork, justin-time ordering, etc.).”
Product innovation and exports: Evidence from Spanish manufacturing (2007, background): “But Wakelin (1998) argues that the capital intensity of the firm proxies for the marginal cost of production.”
Domestic versus cross-border acquisitions: which impact on the target firms’ performance? (2008, unknown): “24 See Van Biesebroeck ( 2003 ) for a discussion of the different ways to estimate productivity.”