The effects of trade liberalization on productivity growth in Brazil: competition or technology?

Revista Brasileira de Economia

Marcos B. Lisboa²  Naercio A. Menezes Filho¹  Adriana Schor¹ 

[1] ,Banco Itaú Unibanco

关键词: Productivity;    Trade Liberalization;    Technology;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0034-71402010000300004

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This paper examines the effects of trade liberalization on productivity growth in Brazil. In contrast with the previous literature, we examine whether this relationship is driven by product or input market effects, by including both output and input tariffs in firm-level productivity regressions and allowing for imperfect competition in the product market. The results show that the reductions of input tariffs were more important to explain the productivity growth that took place during trade liberalization in Brazil. Moreover, we find that the reduction in input tariffs led to a rise in mark-ups, while the reduction in output tariffs did the opposite.

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