The quality of a firm's exports: Where you export to matters

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-111

  Bastos, Paulo ^a   Silva, Joana ^b  

^a INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Destination market; Firm heterogeneity; Firm level exporting; Product quality

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; EXPORT; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 77958151547     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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