Quality sorting and trade: Firm-level evidence for French wine

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 609-644

  Crozet, Matthieu ^a   Head, Keith ^b,c   Mayer, Thierry ^a,c  

^a CEPII   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c CEPR   (United States)

Author keywords

Champagne; Exports; Gravity; Heterogeneous firms; Productivity; Vertical differentiation

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXPORT; HETEROGENEITY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 84860540879     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/restud/rdr030     Document Type: Article

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