Heterogeneous Firms and Trade

Handbook of International Economics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-54

  Melitz, Marc J ^a,b,c   Redding, Stephen J ^b,c,d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm heterogeneity; International trade; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894256613     PISSN: 15734404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-54314-1.00001-X     Document Type: Chapter

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