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Exporting and Technology Adoption in Brazil

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  • Cirera, Xavier
  • Comin, Diego
  • Cruz, Marcio
  • Lee, Kyung Min
  • Martins-Neto, Antonio

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There is limited evidence about the role that participating in international trade has on the diffusion of technologies. This paper analyzes the impact of exporting on firms’ adoption of technologies that are more sophisticated, using a novel dataset, the Firm-level Adoption of Technology (FAT) survey, that includes more than 1,500 firms from Brazil. The survey provides detailed information about the use of more than 300 technologies, combined with data from Brazil's census of formal workers (RAIS) and Brazil’s exports data from the Ministry of Trade. To address some critical endogeneity concerns, we apply a difference-in-differences estimation with multiple periods to examine the effects of entering export markets on technology adoption. We find that exporting has positive effects on firms’ likelihood of adopting advanced technologies in business functions related with business administration, production planning, supply chain management, and quality control, which are important to manage tasks associated to export activities.

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  • Cirera, Xavier & Comin, Diego & Cruz, Marcio & Lee, Kyung Min & Martins-Neto, Antonio, 2023. "Exporting and Technology Adoption in Brazil," World Trade Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 22(3-4), pages 334-347, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:wotrrv:v:22:y:2023:i:3-4:p:334-347_5
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