Productivity and trade openness in Ecuador's manufacturing industries

Sara A. Wong

Journal of Business Research, 2009, vol. 62, issue 9, 868-875

Abstract: This study takes an empirical look at whether Ecuador's trade liberalization in the 1990s increased or decreased the productivity of Ecuadorian manufacturing establishments for the period 1997-2003. This research applies robust estimation procedures on micro-level data, controlling for a number of other economic events that may have affected productivity during the period under study. The study takes a particular look at how both exporters and import-competing sectors respond to trade openness. The results suggest evidence of a positive and significant effect of trade openness on the productivity of manufacturing industries in export-oriented industries in the years after the implementation of trade reforms, but decreasing productivity after 2000. Increased aggregate productivity might be a result of both the most productive establishments producing output, and slightly increased own-plant's productivity.

Keywords: Ecuador; Trade; openness; Productivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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