Endogenous Variety and the Gains from Trade
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Domestic productivity and variety gains from trade
JEL classification: F1 F12 We show theoretically and confirm empirically that domestic productivity has a significant impact on the demand for foreign varieties under the assumption that domestic and foreign varieties are imperfect substitutes. In particular, the demand for imported varieties ismore elastic for countries with comparative advantage. For an average good facing a median trade barr...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Economic Review
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0002-8282
DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.2.444