Economic Performance under NAFTA: A Firm-Level Analysis of the Trade-productivity Linkages

被引：14

作者：

De Hoyos, Rafael E. ^{[1
]}

Iacovone, Leonardo ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] World Bank, Washington, DC 20433 USA

来源：

WORLD DEVELOPMENT | 2013年 / 44卷

基金：

英国经济与社会研究理事会;

关键词：

firm-level productivity; trade reforms; Latin America; Mexico; X-EFFICIENCY; GROWTH; LIBERALIZATION; IMPACT; TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENT; INDUSTRY; MEXICO; SIZE;

D O I：

10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.09.008

中图分类号：

F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

Did North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) make Mexican firms more productive? If so, through which channels? This paper addresses these questions by deploying a robust microeconometric approach that disentangles the various channels through which integration with the global markets can affect firm-level productivity. The results show that NAFTA stimulated the productivity of Mexican plants via: (1) increase in import competition and (2) positive effect on access to imported intermediate inputs. Cmcially, the impact of trade reforms was not identical for all integrated firms, with fully integrated firms (i.e., firms simultaneously exporting and importing) benefiting more than other integrated firms. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：180 / 193

页数：14

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