Product differentiation, multiproduct firms, and estimating the impact of trade liberalization on productivity

Econometrica

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1407-1451

  de Loecker, Jan ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Imperfect competition; Production function; Trade liberalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053086948     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA7617     Document Type: Article

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