01761cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF017026 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781475523584 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Ahn, JaeBin. From Firm-Level Imports to Aggregate Productivity : Evidence from Korean Manufacturing Firms Data / JaeBin Ahn, Moon Jung Choi. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2016. 1 online resource (32 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Using the Korean manufacturing firm-level data, this paper confirms that three stylized facts on importing hold in Korea: the ratio of imported inputs in total inputs tends to be procyclical; the use of imported inputs increases productivity; and larger firms are more likely to use imported inputs. As a result, we find that firm-level import decisions explain a non-trivial fraction of aggregate productivity fluctuations in Korea over the period between 2006 and 2012. Main findings of this paper suggest a possible link between the recent global productivity slowdown and the global trade slowdown. Mode of access: Internet Korea, Republic of imf Jung Choi, Moon. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2016/162 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2016/162/001.2016.issue-162-en.xml IMF e-Library