This paper analyzes the evolution of firm productivity in the Chilean manufacturing industry, during the post trade reform period (1979-1994). Changes in productivity for each sector are defined as technological changes and variation in technical efficiency. The econometric technique applied is...

This paper examines the relationship between exports, productivity, and technological innovation. It first analyzes the causality between the firms’ export behavior and productivity. Unlike other papers using a similar methodology, our results show no evidence of learning by exporting. In...

Recent models of international trade show that trade costs are important determinants of exporting decisions and productivity dynamics. By assuming that these costs are exogenous and constant across firms, these theories do not take into account that experienced firms may have lower trading...

Several studies have found that plant turnover contributes to productivity growth. This evidence seems to be consistent with the idea that by reducing protection granted to inefficient firms, economic liberalization would generate productivity gains associated with resource reallocation from...

Summary We use detailed Chilean plant-level data from 1990 to 2000 to study the impact of Chinese import competition in manufacturing industries. We study whether China's imports have been associated with a downsizing of manufacturing plants or whether firms have escaped Chinese competition...

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...