Trade policy and input liberalization : the effect on Egyptian firms’ productivity
Joint Authors
Said, Muna
Zarzoso, Inmaculada Martínez
Zaki, Shahir
Source
Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 1172-1274 (31 Dec. 2018)25 p.
Publisher
Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries Iran and Turkey
Publication Date
2018-12-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
25
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
This paper explores the link between trade liberalization and firms’ performance in Egypt combining macro and micro data.
Using the Economic Census of Egypt 2013, we examine the association between tariffs and non-tariffs measures (NTM) imposed on intermediate inputs and total factor productivity (TFP).
In a first step TFP is estimated as the residual of a Cobb-Douglas/Translog production function and in the second, TFP is regressed on weighted tariffs and NTM imposed on intermediate inputs.
Egyptian inputoutput tables are used to construct the weights.
Our main findings show a positive and significant association between imported inputs and value-added and a significantly negative relationship between tariffs and TFP
American Psychological Association (APA)
Zarzoso, Inmaculada Martínez& Said, Muna& Zaki, Shahir. 2018. Trade policy and input liberalization : the effect on Egyptian firms’ productivity. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series،Vol. 2018, no. 1172-1274.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-957254
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Zarzoso, Inmaculada Martínez…[et al.]. Trade policy and input liberalization : the effect on Egyptian firms’ productivity. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series No. 1172-1274 (Dec. 2018).
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-957254
American Medical Association (AMA)
Zarzoso, Inmaculada Martínez& Said, Muna& Zaki, Shahir. Trade policy and input liberalization : the effect on Egyptian firms’ productivity. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 1172-1274.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-957254
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes appendices : p. 12-22
Record ID
BIM-957254