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Market Access and the Evolution of within Plant Productivity in Chile

Bas, Maria; Ledezma, Ivan (2007-08), Market Access and the Evolution of within Plant Productivity in Chile. https://basepub.dauphine.fr/handle/123456789/6913

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Document de travail / Working paper
Date
2007-08
Publisher
CESifo
Series title
CESifo Working Paper
Series number
2077
Published in
Munich
Pages
34
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Author(s)
Bas, Maria
Ledezma, Ivan
Abstract (EN)
This paper studies the impact of trade reforms on the evolution of plant's productivity in Chile (1979-2000). The main contribution of the paper is to construct detailed measures of trade liberalization disentangling the impact of export and import oriented policies. We find evidence of a positive impact of export oriented policies on productivity of traded sectors relative to non traded. On the other hand, the reduction of import barriers might have a positive impact on productivity in export oriented sectors, but it hurts local firms in import competing ones probably due to the existence of increasing returns.
Subjects / Keywords
Firm heterogeneity; trade reforms; productivity gains; plant’s panel data
JEL
F10 - General
F12 - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies; Fragmentation
F41 - Open Economy Macroeconomics