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This paper analyses the effects of the 1990 Brazilian trade liberalization on the total factor productivity, market share and profits of a sample of 349 large manufacturing firms. A panel data production function analysis for the period 1986/94 indicates very large total factor productivity...

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A note on foreign direct investment (FDI) and industrial competitiveness in Brazil

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In the first part of the paper, we use translog indexes to measure the rate of total factor productivity growth (TFPG) in 80 different sectors of the Brazilian manufacturing industry in the 1970-80 period. In the second part, we conduct both correlation and regression analyses to identify...

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Technical efficiency in Brazilian manufacturing establishments : results for 1970 and 1980

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The objective of this paper is to identify variables that influenced the efficiency level of Brazilian manufacturing establishments in 1970 and 1980. Efficiency is defined as the ratio of actual to best practice output, which is measured using deterministic translog frontier production...

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Technological progress and diffusion : decomposing total factor productivity growth in Brazilian manufacturing

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Industrial structure and child labor : evidence from the Brazilian population census

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