Explaining import quality: The role of the income distribution (DOI:10.1016/j.jinteco.2009.01.011);Explaining import quality: The role of the income distribution

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 265-275

  Choi, Yo Chul ^a   Hummels, David ^b   Xiang, Chong ^b  

^a Jung gu   (South Korea)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Import price distribution; Income distribution; Luxemburg Income Study; Quality differentiation

Indexed keywords

GOODS EXCHANGE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; IMPORT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MICROECONOMICS; PREDICTION;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; LUXEMBOURG [BELGIUM]; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 61449162878     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2009.04.002     Document Type: Erratum

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