Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/127904 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
PIDS Discussion Paper Series No. 2005-24
Publisher: 
Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), Makati City
Abstract: 
The paper studies the impact of trade liberalization on competition and productivity. Competition is the main channel through which trade liberalization affects economic performance. Competition fosters innovation and technology adoption which leads to increases in competitiveness and growth that will have large consequences for poverty and inequality. To realize these expected effects, it is important that firms change their behavior and adjust to the new market environment. The success of reforms depends to a great extent on the capacity of firms to exploit the new competitive conditions in the market and on their ability to take advantage of the opportunities offered to them.
Subjects: 
trade liberalization
competition
effective protection
total factor productivity growth
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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