Income distribution, product quality, and international trade

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 721-765

  Fajgelbaum, Pablo ^a   Grossman, Gene M ^b   Helpman, Elhanan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMAND ANALYSIS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MODELING; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRADE POLICY;

EID: 80053898725     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/662628     Document Type: Article

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