Trade, firms, and wages: Theory and evidence

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-36

  Amiti, Mary ^a   Davis, Donald R ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NBER ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Firm heterogeneity; Input tariffs; Output tariffs; Trade liberalization

Indexed keywords

EXPORT; HETEROGENEITY; IMPORT; NUMERICAL MODEL; TARIFF STRUCTURE; TRADE LIBERALIZATION; WAGE;

EID: 84857008063     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/restud/rdr016     Document Type: Article

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