ABSTRACT This paper analyses the main effects of the Brazilian trade liberalization on the technical efficiency of the manufacturing industry and the trade pattern. The principal empirical findings su
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ABSTRACT This article examines Chile’s 1976-81, Argentina’s 1987-92, and Mexico’s 1982- 92 stabilization experiences. In these three cases high inflation was curbed after orthodox stabilization polici
Empirical work relating trade liberalization and income distributed has iden- tified an important anomaly. The Stolper-Samuelson theorem predict trade liberalization will shift income toward a country