Trade barriers and trade flows with product heterogeneity: An application to US motion picture exports

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-26

  Hanson, Gordon ^a,c   Xiang, Chong ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fixed export costs; Motion pictures; Product heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EXPORT; HETEROGENEITY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; TRADE FLOW;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650851199     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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