eprintid: 1865
rev_number: 14
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type: article
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creators_name: Altomonte, Carlo
creators_name: Barattieri, Alessandro
creators_name: Rungi, Armando
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creators_id: armando.rungi@imtlucca.it
title: Import Penetration, Intermediate Inputs and Productivity: Evidence from Italian Firms
ispublished: pub
subjects: DG
subjects: HB
subjects: HD
divisions: EIC
full_text_status: none
keywords: Import Penetration; Intermediate Inputs; Productivity.     -   JEL classification: F14; F61.
abstract: We test the impact of import penetration on the productivity of a sample of roughly 35,000 Italian manufacturing firms operating in the period 1996-2003, considering the impact on productivity of both import penetration in the same industry and import penetration in the up-stream industries. We also distinguish the source country of imports. We find that: 1) import penetration has a positive effect on productivity. 2) The effects are much larger for import penetration in up-stream industries than for import penetration in the same industry. 3) Imports from the other European countries and the BRICS have more significant impact on the productivity of Italian firms than imports from the US.
date: 2014-04
date_type: published
publication: Rivista italiana degli economisti
volume: 55
number: 1
publisher: Il Mulino
pagerange: 45-66
id_number: 10.1427/76114
refereed: TRUE
issn: 1593-8662
official_url: http://www.rivisteweb.it/doi/10.1427/76114
citation:   Altomonte, Carlo and Barattieri, Alessandro and Rungi, Armando  Import Penetration, Intermediate Inputs and Productivity: Evidence from Italian Firms.  Rivista italiana degli economisti, 55 (1).  pp. 45-66.  ISSN 1593-8662      (2014)