The Effects of Trade Liberalization on Productivity Growth in Brazil: Competition or Technology?

ABSTRACT IN ENGLISH: This paper examines the effects of trade liberalization on productivity growth in Brazil. In contrast with 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 productivit...

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Veröffentlicht in:Revista Brasileira de Economia 2010-09, Vol.64 (3), p.277-289
Hauptverfasser: Schor, Adriana, Menezes-Filho, Naercio, Lisboa, Marcos B
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:ABSTRACT IN ENGLISH: This paper examines the effects of trade liberalization on productivity growth in Brazil. In contrast with 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. // ABSTRACT IN PORTUGUESE: Este artigo examina os efeitos da liberalização comerical sobre o crescimento da produtividade no Brasil. Em contraste com a literatura anterior, testamos se essa relação é derívada do mercado de produto ou de insumos, incluindo tanto as tarifas de produto e com as de insumos em regressões de produtividade ao nível da firma. Os resultados mostram que o mercado de insumos é mais importante que o efeito da concorrência para explicar o crescimento da produtividade na Brasil. Verificamos também que a redução das tarifas de insumo aumenta as margens de lucro, enquanto a redução de tarifas de produto tem o efeito oposto. Reprinted by permission of Fundação Getulio Vargas
ISSN:0034-7140
0102-6909
1806-9134
DOI:10.1590/S0034-71402010000300004