This paper studies the effects of trade liberalization on the evolution of firm productivity. The productivity of each … nominal tariffs on firms' productivity levels is identified. After controlling for the endogeneity of nominal tariffs, the … estimated coefficient for tariffs in the productivity equation turns out to be negative. Second, a measure of tariffs on inputs …

Brazil's trade liberalization between 1990 and 1993, and its partial reversal in 1995, are used to study how reduced … inward trade barriers affect productivity. The production function of Brazilian manufacturers is estimated at the ISIC3 two …-digit level under various alternatives, including an extension of Olley and Pakes' (1996) procedure. Firm-level productivity is …

This paper studies the effects of trade liberalization on the evolution of firm productivity. The productivity of each … nominal tariffs on firms' productivity levels is identified. After controlling for the endogeneity of nominal tariffs, the … estimated coefficient for tariffs in the productivity equation turns out to be negative. Second, a measure of tariffs on inputs …