Trade integration and within-plant productivity evolution in Chile

Article dans une revue: We analyze the impact of trade integration on plant TFP using Chilean plant-level data (1982–1999) and 3-digit bilateral trade flows. Our contribution is to disentangle the impact of export and import barriers, estimated as border effects within a multilateral context. A fall in export barriers is positively correlated with plant productivity in traded sectors. The reduction of import barriers, however, can only be associated to productivity improvements in export-oriented sectors. In import-competing sectors a robust positive correlation shows up between plant productivity and protection. We then test several channels linking trade integration and firm productivity.

Auteur(s)

Maria Bas, Ivan Ledezma

Revue
  • Review of World Economics
Date de publication
  • 2010
Mots-clés
  • O1
  • F4
  • Plant-level data
  • F1
  • Trade barriers
  • Plant productivity
  • Firm heterogeneity
Pages
  • 113-146
Version
  • 1
Volume
  • 146