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%T Trade integration and within-plant productivity evolution in Chile %A Bas, Maria %A Ledezma, Ivan %J Review of World Economics %N 1 %P 113-146 %V 146 %D 2010 %K Trade barriers; Plant productivity; Firm heterogeneity; Plant-level data; JEL classification: F1; F4; O1 %= 2011-02-07T14:30:00Z %~ http://www.peerproject.eu/ %> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-214174 %X We analyze the impact of trade integration on plant TFP using Chilean plant-level data (1982–1999) and 3-digit bilateral trade flows. Our contribution is to disentangle the impact of export and import barriers, estimated as border effects within a multilateral context. A fall in export barriers is positively correlated with plant productivity in traded sectors. The reduction of import barriers, however, can only be associated to productivity improvements in export-oriented sectors. In import-competing sectors a robust positive correlation shows up between plant productivity and protection. We then test several channels linking trade integration and firm productivity. %C DEU %G en %9 journal article %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info