International prices and endogenous quality

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 477-527

  Feenstra, Robert C ^a,b   Romalis, John ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); INCOME; MONOPOLY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRICE DYNAMICS; TERMS OF TRADE;

EID: 84899965145     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qju001     Document Type: Article

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