Nassif, André - In: Brazilian journal of political economy 25 (2005) 1/79, pp. 70-93
This paper analyses the main effects of the Brazilian trade liberalization on the technical efficiency of the … manufacturing industry and the trade pattern. The principal empirical findings suggest the following results for the 1990's: i … between 1988 and 1998; ii) the trade pattern were mostly driven by import changes; iii) on average, industries which showed …