Table 2.

Determinants of TFP in the manufacturing sector

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Panel A: TFP level
Internal firm characteristics
age0.040***0.055***0.041***0.035***0.023***0.017***
(0.002)(0.004)(0.002)(0.002)(0.002)(0.002)
FF−0.010**0.014**0.009***0.0020.001−0.006
(0.004)(0.005)(0.005)(0.003)(0.004)(0.005)
International trade activities
ExpOnly0.017***0.019***0.010***0.0050.012***0.014**
 (0.005)(0.006)(0.003)(0.004)(0.004)(0.006)
ImpOnly0.008***0.027***0.012***0.005*−0.007**−0.004
 (0.002)(0.004)(0.003)(0.003)(0.003)(0.003)
 TWTraders0.018***0.031***0.015***0.006*−0.002−0.005
 (0.002)(0.004)(0.003)(0.003)(0.004)(0.006)
 FDI−0.000−0.006−0.0030.0020.004−0.012
 (0.002)(0.004)(0.002)(0.003)(0.005)(0.008)
Financial constraints
 dte−0.002−0.001−0.003**−0.002*−0.00040.0003
(0.001)(0.004)(0.002)(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)
 credit0.007***0.014***0.006***0.006***0.003**0.001
(0.001)(0.002)(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)(0.002)
Competition intensity
 HHI−0.012***0.008−0.002−0.021***−0.022***−0.009*
 (0.001)(0.007)(0.004)(0.004)(0.005)(0.005)
Observations33,102
Panel B: TFP growth
Internal firm characteristics
 age−0.348***−0.190***−0.125***−0.119***−0.321***−0.887***
(0.016)(0.028)(0.013)(0.007)(0.016)(0.056)
 FF−0.020−0.035−0.016−0.019−0.040*0.001
(0.038)(0.051)(0.021)(0.012)(0.024)(0.069)
International trade activities
 ExpOnly0.0230.122**0.02720.0161−0.024−0.018
 (0.029)(0.057)(0.023)(0.014)(0.028)(0.065)
 ImpOnly−0.042**0.026−0.003−0.015−0.103***−0.211***
 (0.017)(0.039)(0.016)(0.010)(0.018)(0.048)
 TWTraders−0.0370.0770.020−0.024*−0.107***−0.221***
 (0.025)(0.050)(0.023)(0.014)(0.023)(0.066)
 FDI−0.0213−0.0646−0.01570.007−0.018−0.044
 (0.024)(0.049)(0.021)(0.014)(0.021)(0.062)
Financial constraints
 dte0.0110.014−0.0090.0020.0080.028
(0.009)(0.017)(0.007)(0.004)(0.007)(0.0217)
 credit−0.015*−0.028−0.009−0.005−0.016*−0.054**
(0.009)(0.018)(0.008)(0.005)(0.009)(0.024)
Competition intensity
 HHI−0.0429−0.0410.062**0.041**−0.028−0.183**
(0.030)(0.070)(0.029)(0.016)(0.030)(0.081)
Observations26,809

Notes:

Standard errors in parentheses are clustered at the firm level;

*

p < 0.10;

**

p < 0.05;

***

p < 0.01

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