Apesar de la positiva evolución del desempeño exportador chileno en las últimas décadas, las exportaciones siguen concentradas en pocos productos, pocos mercados y en un número reducido de empresas. En este trabajo se aborda este último punto, analizando el comportamiento exportador de las...

This paper studies the relationship among exports, productivity and technological innovation for Chilean manufacturing plants. Firstly, we address the causality between exporting and plant productivity. Our results, consistently with most of the evidence for other economies, suggest that only...

This paper analyzes the relationship between probability of survival and plant size. Using information for the Chilean manufacturing industry over the period 1979-1999, we study empirically if small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have reduced their probability of survival over time. Our...

This paper discusses the implications on sector growth within the context of a specialization model based on factor endowment. The empirical literature is examined, which reveals that the only way for the economy to alter its specialization patterns toward the production of goods that are...

This paper evaluates the impact of recent cost shocks (i.e. energy price) on the productivity of Chilean manufacturing plants. Using information for the period 1992-2005, we quantify and analyze whether this effect has been heterogeneous across plants, according to their energy intensity and...

Uno de los factores determinantes del crecimiento economico experimentado por la economia chilena en los decenios recientes ha sido el dinamismo de su sector exportador. El objetivo de este articulo es analizar si las politicas de fomento a las exportaciones han tenido un papel en este proceso y...