Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/26122 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 2077
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
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.
JEL: 
F10
F12
F41
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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