The price of capital goods, investment and labour: Micro-evidence from a trade liberalization

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Meleshchuk, Sergii [1 ]
Timmer, Yannick [2 ]
机构
[1] Int Monetary Fund, Washington, DC USA
[2] Fed Reserve Board, Washington, DC 20006 USA
关键词
INTERMEDIATE INPUTS; PASS-THROUGH; GROWTH; PRODUCTIVITY; COMPETITION; IMPACT; REFORM; POLICY;
D O I
10.1111/caje.12722
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F [经济];
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摘要
In this paper, we show that a reduction in capital goods prices induced by trade policies can stimulate both investment and labour. We exploit a quasi-natural experiment in the form of a trade reform in Colombia to study how firms with differential exposure to reductions in capital goods tariffs react in terms of their investment and labour decision. Firms that see a larger decline in the input tariff for capital goods increase investment and labour for production, as well as their labour share. Reductions in input tariffs are passed through to input prices for all goods. However, only lower prices for capital, not for other goods, translate into more investment and employment of production workers. Le prix des biens d'& eacute;quipement, de l'investissement et de la main-d'oe uvre : donn & eacute;es micro-& eacute;conomiques tir & eacute;es de la lib & eacute;ralisation du commerce. Dans cet article, nous d & eacute;montrons qu'une r & eacute;duction du prix des biens d'& eacute;quipement induite par les politiques commerciales peut stimuler & agrave; la fois l'investissement et la main-d'oe uvre. Nous exploitons une exp & eacute;rience quasi naturelle sous la forme d'une r & eacute;forme commerciale en Colombie pour & eacute;tudier la r & eacute;action des soci & eacute;t & eacute;s ayant une exposition diff & eacute;rentielle aux r & eacute;ductions du prix des biens d'& eacute;quipements sur leurs d & eacute;cisions en mati & egrave;re d'investissement et de main-d'oe uvre. Les soci & eacute;t & eacute;s qui constatent un plus grand d & eacute;clin des droits tarifaires sur les biens d'& eacute;quipement augmentent leur investissement et leurs effectifs pour la production, ainsi que leur part de la main-d'oe uvre. Les r & eacute;ductions des droits tarifaires se r & eacute;percutent sur le prix des intrants de tous les biens. Toutefois, seule une r & eacute;duction du co & ucirc;t des biens d'& eacute;quipement, et non d'autres biens, se traduit par une hausse des investissements et de l'emploi des travailleurs de la production.
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页码:799 / 835
页数:37
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