Does the use of imported intermediates increase productivity? Plant-level evidence

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Kasahara, Hiroyuki; Rodrigue, Joel
• 署名单位: Western University (University of Western Ontario); Queens University - Canada
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-3878
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2007.12.008
• 发表日期: 2008
• 页码: 106-118
• 关键词: productivity; imported intermediates; plant-level dynamic decisions

摘要

This paper examines whether importing intermediate goods improves plant performance. While addressing the issue of simultaneous productivity shocks and decisions to import intermediates, we estimate the impact foreign intermediates have on plants' productivity using plant-level Chilean manufacturing panel data. Across different estimators, we find evidence that becoming an importer of foreign intermediates improves productivity. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.