Buyer investment, export variety, and intrafirm trade

European Economic Review

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1313-1337

  Chen, Yongmin ^a   Feenstra, Robert C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Buyer investment; Export variety; Extensive margin; Intrafirm trade; Multiple equilibria; Vertical structure

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXPORT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; INVESTMENT; MODELING;

EID: 56149100871     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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