Productivity and international trade: Firm level evidence from a small open economy

Review of World Economics

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 774-801

  Andersson, Martin ^a   Lööf, Hans ^b   Johansson, Sara ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Export premium; Exports; Firm heterogeneity; Import premium; Imports; International trade; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 58549096913     PISSN: 16102878     EISSN: 16102886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10290-008-0169-5     Document Type: Article

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