Inventories, Input Costs, and Productivity Gains from Trade Liberalizations

Sourcing internationally entails additional costs due to larger per inventory holdings. When firms switch toward foreign sources, these unobserved costs increase. This paper revisits the effect of trade liberalization on firms’ productivity taking...

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Main Authors: Khan, Shafaat Yar, Khederlarian, Armen
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/157191614780662715/Inventories-Input-Costs-and-Productivity-Gains-from-Trade-Liberalizations
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35213