Measuring the benefits of foreign product variety with an accurate variety set

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 168-180

  Blonigen, Bruce A ^a   Soderbery, Anson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Armington; Automobiles; Monopolistic competition; Product variety; Trade

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MARKET SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MONOPOLY; NATIONAL TRADE; TRADE PERFORMANCE; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958151453     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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