Trade Policy, Trade Volumes, and Plant-Level Productivity in Colombian Manufacturing Industries

Fernandes explores Colombian trade policy from 1977-91, a period of substantial variation in protection across industries, to examine whether increased exposure to foreign competition generates plant-level productivity gains. Using a large panel of manufacturing plants, she finds a strong positive impact of tariff liberalization on consistent productivity estimates, controlling for plant and industry heterogeneity. This result is not driven by the endogeneity of protection nor by plant exit. The impact of tariff liberalization on productivity is stronger for large plants and for plants in less competitive industries. Qualitatively similar results are obtained when using effective rates of protection and import penetration ratios as measures of protection

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Main Author: Fernandes, Ana Margarida
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2003-05
Subjects:APPAREL, AVERAGE TARIFF, CAPITAL GOODS, CAPITAL STOCK, CENTRAL BANK, CHANGES IN TRADE, COMPETITORS, CONDITIONS, CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE, CONSUMERS, CURRENT ACCOUNT, DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, DOMESTIC COMPETITION, DOMESTIC MARKET, DOMESTIC PRODUCERS, DOMESTIC PRODUCTION, EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE, EMPLOYMENT, EXCHANGE RATE, EXOGENOUS VARIABLES, EXPECTED VALUE, EXPLOITATION, EXPORT ORIENTATION, EXPORTERS, EXPORTS, FINAL GOODS, FOREIGN COMPETITION, FOREIGN INDUSTRIES, FUELS, HIGH TARIFFS, IMPACT OF TRADE, IMPACT OF TRADE LIBERALIZATION, IMPERFECT COMPETITION, IMPORT BARRIERS, IMPORT COMPETITION, IMPORT LICENSING, IMPORT PENETRATION, IMPORT SUBSTITUTION, IMPORT SUBSTITUTION INDUSTRIALIZATION, IMPORTS, INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION, INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTIVITY, INDUSTRIALISTS, INDUSTRIALIZATION, INEFFICIENCY, INFLATION, INPUT PRICES, INPUT USE, INTERMEDIATE INPUTS, INVENTORIES, LICENSING, MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS, MARKET SHARE, MEASURE OF TRADE, METAL PRODUCTS, METALS, MONEY SUPPLY, OLIGOPOLY, OPPORTUNITY COST, OPTIMIZATION, POLITICAL ECONOMY, PRICE INDEXES, PRODUCERS, PRODUCTION FUNCTION, PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS, PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY, PRODUCTIVITY, PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH, PROFIT MAXIMIZATION, RATES OF PROTECTION, REAL EXCHANGE RATE, TARIFF DATA, TARIFF LEVELS, TARIFF RATES, TARIFF REVENUE, TAX REVENUE, TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY, TOTAL OUTPUT, TOTAL REVENUE, TRADE BARRIERS, TRADE LIBERALIZATION, TRADE NEGOTIATIONS, TRADE OPENNESS, TRADE POLICY, TRADE PROTECTION, TRADE REFORM, TRADE REGIME, TRADE REGIMES, TRADE RESTRICTIONS, TRADE VOLUMES, UNSKILLED LABOR, URUGUAY ROUND, VALUE ADDED, VARIABLE INPUTS, WORKER TRAINING TRADE POLICY, MANUFACTURING PRODUCTION, TARIFF POLICY, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, PLANT PRODUCTS, LOBBYING, INDUSTRY FINANCE, WORKER TRAINING,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/05/2386465/trade-policy-trade-volumes-plant-level-productivity-colombian-manufacturing-industries
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/18217
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