Holdings: Heterogeneous Quality Firms and Trade Costs

Heterogeneous Quality Firms and Trade Costs

There is increasing empirical evidence that vertical product differentiation is an important determinant of international trade. However, the economic literature so far has solely focused on the case in which quality trade stems from differences be...

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Main Authors:	Helble, Matthias, Okubo, Toshihiro
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ADVERTISING AGGREGATE DEMAND AIM AIRCRAFT AVERAGE PRICE AVERAGE PRICES BILATERAL TRADE BRANDS CAPITAL STOCK CFS CLOSED ECONOMY COMMERCIAL POLICY COMMODITY COMMON MARKET COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITION EFFECT COMPETITIVENESS CONSTANT ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CONSUMER PRICES CONSUMERS CURRENCY DEMAND FUNCTION DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC PRODUCTION ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC SIZE ECONOMIC THEORY ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EXOGENOUS VARIABLES EXPENDITURE EXPORT MARKET EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT PRICE EXPORT PRICES EXPORT TRADE EXPORTERS EXPORTS FACTOR ENDOWMENTS FACTOR PRICE FACTOR PRICES FIXED COSTS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN MARKET FOREIGN PRODUCERS FOREIGN SALES FREE TRADE FREIGHT FREIGHT COSTS FREIGHT RATES FUTURE RESEARCH FUTURE STUDIES GDP GRAVITY EQUATION GRAVITY MODEL HARMONIZED SYSTEM HOME MARKET HUMAN CAPITAL IMPACT OF TRADE IMPORT PENETRATION INCOME EFFECT INCOME LEVELS INCREASING RETURNS INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS INDUSTRY TRADE INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL TRADE LABOR MARKET MANUFACTURING MARGINAL COSTS MARKET ACCESS MARKET COMPETITION MARKET SHARE MARKET SIZE MARKET SIZE EFFECTS MEASURE OF TRADE MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION NATIONAL INCOME NET EXPORTER NOMINAL PRICE PATTERN OF TRADE PATTERNS OF TRADE PER CAPITA INCOME PERFECT COMPETITION POLITICAL ECONOMY PRICE COMPETITION PRICE DISCRIMINATION PRICE MECHANISM PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION PRODUCT QUALITY PRODUCTIVITY PROFIT FUNCTIONS SALES SHIPMENTS SHIPPING SHIPPING COSTS SOUTH AMERICAN SPECIALIZATION SUPPLIERS TARIFF DATA TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TELECOMMUNICATIONS TERMS OF TRADE TOTAL COSTS TRADE COSTS TRADE DATA TRADE FACILITATION TRADE FLOWS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE MODELS TRADE MORE TRADE PARTNERS TRADE PATTERN TRADE PATTERNS TRANSPORT COSTS TURNOVER UNEMPLOYMENT UNIT OF CAPITAL UNSKILLED LABOR UTILITY FUNCTION VALUE OF EXPORTS VALUE OF TRADE VARIABLE COSTS WAGES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9069456/heterogeneous-quality-firms-trade-costs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6558

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9069456/heterogeneous-quality-firms-trade-costs
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6558

Heterogeneous Quality Firms and Trade Costs

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