This study investigates the productivity of Brazilian manufacturing industries, particularly addressing the influence of liberalization on productivity. We first calculate total factor productivity (TFP) by estimating the stochastic frontier production function and the inefficiency determination...

This study investigates the productivity of Brazilian manufacturing industries, particularly addressing the influence of liberalization on productivity. We first calculate total factor productivity (TFP) by estimating the stochastic frontier production function and the inefficiency determination...

The purpose of this article is to investigate the interaction between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and institutional quality through a panel analysis of 19 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. We employed a simultaneous equation approach to avoid endogeneity biases and found that FDI...

Aunque el desarrollo económico de Japón posguerra ha sido un resultado complicado de varias causas, se podrá prestar una atención especial a las políticas industriales, las cuales se han considerado como uno de los factores esenciales del éxito económico logrado. En este documento se...