Dissecting the Chilean export boom / Raphael Bergoeing, Alejandro Micco and Andrea Repetto.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Bergoeing, Raphael, author.

Contributor:

Micco, Alejandro.

Repetto, Andrea.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic and Social Development.

Chile.

Local Subjects:

Economic and Social Development.

Chile.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (16 pages)

Contained In:

CEPAL Review Vol. 2011, no. 105, p. 87-102 2011:105<87 16840348

Place of Publication:

New York : United Nations, 2011.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Chilean exports have boomed since 1975, growing at an average annual rate of 6% per year in real terms. In this paper, we use Chilean manufacturing data at the plant level for the years from 1990 to 2007 to investigate the relationship between exports, plant dynamics and productivity. Our findings are consistent with the predictions of the new theories of heterogeneous firms and trade. First, 64.4% of the total increase in exports is accounted for by new exporters net of failed exporters. This effect is a combination of a larger proportion of plants exporting, a rising proportion of output sold abroad and a higher level of total sales. Second, productivity and exports co-moved over the course of the Chilean boom, exports being positively correlated with both withinplant productivity growth and the productivity-enhancing reallocation of output between plants.

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