IMPROVED ACCESS TO FOREIGN MARKETS RAISES PLANT-LEVEL PRODUCTIVITY ... FOR SOME PLANTS

被引：464

作者：

Lileeva, Alla ^{[1
]}

Trefler, Daniel ^{[2
,3
]}

机构：

[1] York Univ, N York, ON M3J 1P3, Canada

[2] Univ Toronto, Dept Econ, Canadian Inst Adv Res, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Canada

[3] Natl Bur Econ Res, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

来源：

QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS | 2010年 / 125卷 / 03期

关键词：

RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT; TRADE LIBERALIZATION; FIRM PRODUCTIVITY; INTERNATIONAL-TRADE; EXPORT; PARTICIPATION; GROWTH; ORGANIZATION; INVESTMENTS; PERFORMANCE;

D O I：

10.1162/qjec.2010.125.3.1051

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Market size matters for innovation and hence for productivity. Improved access to foreign markets will thus encourage firms to simultaneously export and invest in raising productivity. We examine this insight using the responses of Canadian plants to the elimination of U. S. tariffs. Unique "plant-specific" tariff cuts serve as an instrument for changes in exporting. We find that Canadian plants that were induced by the tariff cuts to start exporting or to export more (a) increased their labor productivity, (b) engaged in more product innovation, and (c) had higher adoption rates for advanced manufacturing technologies. Further, these responses were heterogeneous.

引用

页码：1051 / 1099

页数：49

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