Céspedes, N., Aquije, M. E., Sánchez, A. y Vera Tudela, R. (2016). Productividad y apertura comercial en el Perú. En N. Céspedes, P. Lavado y N. Ramírez Roldan (Eds.), Productividad en el Perú: medición, determinantes e implicancias (pp. 126-144). Lima: Universidad del Pacífico.

We study the relationship between productivity and trade openness in Peru. We find that firms that participate in international trade, either as exporters and/or importers, have systematically higher productivity compared to those that only produce for the domestic market. Free trade agreements, on average, generate a positive productivity gap, and firms that export to the United States of America have larger gaps.