This paper analyzes the behavior of the manufacturing industry after the reforms implemented in the nineties. We observed if the opening process generated increases in the average productivity of the manufacturing industry. Additionally, we estimated the markup of different industrial sectors and tested if it changes after the trading opening. As expected, estimates for markup showed a non-competition practice in the majority of the sectors. It was also observed an increase in the average productivity and jumps of productivity in the majority of the industrial sector after the reduction of the trade restrictions. There is no significant indication of fall in the market power after the opening trade, which could point to the existence of other channels responsible for the productivity increase.
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Paper provided by Central Bank of Brazil, Research Department in its series Working Papers Series with number
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Length: Date of creation: Jun 2002 Date of revision: Publication status: Published in Revista Brasileira de Economia, Vol. 58, no. 4 (Oct-Dec 2004) Handle: RePEc:bcb:wpaper:44
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