Imports, supply chains, and firm productivity

Arbeitspapier

This paper explores the relationship between imports and firm productivity, focusing on imported intermediates. Using firm-level data on over 20,000 manufacturing firms in Viet Nam, we find evidence for competition-induced productivity gains from trade. We show that gains in intermediate sectors spill-over to downstream sectors such that firms using more inputs from import-intensive sectors experience higher productivity gains. The evidence indicates that the main source of spill-over is better quality, domestically produced inputs. Ignoring the gains from trade through this mechanism may significantly underestimate the impact of trade on productivity.

Angaben zum Objekt

• ISBN: 978-92-9256-133-8
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2016/90

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Economic Impacts of Globalization: Microeconomic Impacts ; Economic Impacts of Globalization: Economic Development ; Empirical Studies of Trade ; Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development ; Economywide Country Studies: Asia including Middle East
• Thema: imports ; supply chains ; productivity ; Viet Nam

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Newman, Carol ; Rand, John ; Tarp, Finn
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
• (wo): Helsinki
• (wann): 2016

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2016/133-8
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/146284
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ