Bigsten, Arne; Gebreeyesus, Mulu; Soderbom, Mans - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), … - 2009
We use firm-level data for the Ethiopian manufacturing sector matched with commodity- level data on tariffs to examine the effect of trade liberalization on firm performance during the 1997-2005 period. We find relatively large positive effects of tariff reductions on total factor productivity,...