Table 4.

Determinants of TFP in medium-low tech intensity industries

OLS-FEQ10Q25Q50Q75Q90
Panel A: TFP level
Internal firm characteristics
 age0.042***0.057***0.043***0.038***0.024***0.022***
(0.004)(0.008)(0.004)(0.003)(0.003)(0.003)
 FF−0.015**−0.025**−0.016**−0.000−0.0010.003
(0.007)(0.011)(0.006)(0.006)(0.008)(0.010)
International trade activities
 ExpOnly0.0080.0090.014**0.0030.0090.021
 (0.006)(0.009)(0.006)(0.007)(0.010)(0.015)
 ImpOnly0.013***0.032***0.013**0.013**−0.0010.007
 (0.005)(0.010)(0.006)(0.005)(0.005)(0.006)
 TWTraders0.021***0.038***0.016***0.019***−0.0020.003
 (0.008)(0.010)(0.005)(0.006)(0.009)(0.014)
 FDI0.0002−0.009−0.0020.0060.015*−0.020
 (0.004)(0.009)(0.004)(0.004)(0.008)(0.015)
Financial constraints
 dte0.0001−0.003−0.005**−0.002−0.0000.001
(0.002)(0.004)(0.002)(0.002)(0.002)(0.002)
 credit0.007***0.015***0.008***0.006**0.006**0.004
(0.002)(0.004)(0.003)(0.002)(0.002)(0.003)
Competition intensity
 HHI−0.0030.037**0.010−0.020**−0.018**−0.015
 (0.007)(0.018)(0.011)(0.008)(0.009)(0.011)
Observations9,846
Panel B: TFP growth
Internal firm characteristics
 age−0.360***−0.206***−0.141***−0.130***−0.355***−0.690***
(0.031)(0.055)(0.025)(0.013)(0.031)(0.076)
 FF0.0170.0100.0350.009−0.035−0.038
(0.057)(0.100)(0.050)(0.030)(0.050)(0.105)
International trade activities
 ExpOnly−0.0140.148−0.053−0.068*−0.0860.078
 (0.057)(0.035)(0.066)(0.135)(0.035)(0.066)
 ImpOnly−0.0160.0940.024−0.010−0.119***−0.094
 (0.031)(0.085)(0.035)(0.023)(0.042)(0.084)
 TWTraders−0.0650.1100.034−0.044−0.135**−0.193*
 (0.045)(0.122)(0.049)(0.036)(0.053)(0.114)
 FDI−0.0230.0770.0010.016−0.041−0.057
 (0.037)(0.070)(0.038)(0.038)(0.052)(0.110)
Financial constraints
 dte0.001−0.042−0.019−0.0000.0000.046
(0.019)(0.038)(0.013)(0.008)(0.015)(0.038)
 credit0.0020.0210.0120.012−0.010−0.016
(0.017)(0.037)(0.019)(0.011)(0.018)(0.041)
Competition intensity
 HHI0.0830.376**0.218***0.174***−0.025−0.184
(0.067)(0.155)(0.065)(0.041)(0.078)(0.148)
Observations7,942

Notes:

Standard errors in parentheses are clustered at the firm level;

*p < 0.10;

**p < 0.05;

***p < 0.01

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