Trade costs, firms and productivity

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 917-937

  Bernard, Andrew B ^a   Jensen, J Bradford ^b   Schott, Peter K ^a  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b PETERSON INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Exit; Exports; Freight costs; Plant deaths; Survival; Tariffs; Transport costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746807724     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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