In the first part of the paper, we use translog indexes to measure the rate of total factor productivity growth (TFPG … productivity growth.TFPG averaged 2.6% p. a. in the seventies and accounted for one-fifth of output growth. Sectors that …

In this paper we estimate the rate of total factor productivity (TFP) growth in 80 sectors of Brazilian manufacturing …

This paper analyses the effects of the 1990 Brazilian trade liberalization on the total factor productivity, market … 1986/94 indicates very large total factor productivity gains in the period to 1994, which were accompanied by large falls …

The paper analyses the effects of the 1990 Brazilian trade liberalizaton on the total factor productivity, market share …/94 indicates very large total factor productivity gains in the period to 1994, which were accompanied by large falls in market …

This paper investigates whether technological innovation and exports affect the size and productivity of manufacturing … firms in Brazil. In order to do so, we employ a new dataset and try to control for self-selection, a problem that is … size and productivity, while causality exercises show that innovation and exports imply higher productivity and higher firm …