Does the Use of Imported Intermediates Increase Productivity? Plant-Level Evidence

This paper examines whether importing intermediate goods improves plant performance. While addressing the issue of simultaneity of a productivity shock and decisions to import intermediates, we estimate the impact of the use of foreign intermediates on plants' productivity using plant-level Chilean manufacturing panel data. We found that the switching from being a non-importer to being an importer of foreign intermediates can improve productivity by 3.4 to 22.5 percent

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Year of publication:	2004-08-11
Authors:	Rodrigue, Joel ; Kasahara, Hiroyuki
Institutions:	Econometric Society
Subject:	productivity \| imported intermediates \| plant-level

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Econometric Society 2004 North American Summer Meetings.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	The text is part of a series Econometric Society North American Summer Meetings 2004 Number 511
Classification:	F10 - Trade. General ; D21 - Firm Behavior ; D24 - Production; Capital and Total Factor Productivity; Capacity
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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