TRADE LIBERALIZATION AND FIRM PRODUCTIVITY: ESTIMATION METHODS MATTER.

In this paper, we show that the relationship between trade liberalization and firm productivity is sensitive to the method used to estimate the production function. We estimate the productivity of Colombian manufacturing plants using the methods of Levinsohn and Petrin, Ackerberg et al., and Gandhi...

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Published in:	Economic Inquiry Vol. 57; no. 3; pp. 1272 - 1284
Main Authors:	Kealey, John, Pujolas, Pau S., Sosa‐Padilla, César
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Jul2019
Subjects:	International trade Production (Economic theory) Business enterprises Free trade Business expansion
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