Income Distribution, Product Quality, and International Trade

Income Distribution, Product Quality, and International Trade

The authors develop a framework for studying trade in horizontally and vertically differentiated products. In their model, consumers with heterogeneous incomes and tastes purchase a homogeneous good and make a discrete choice of quality and variety...

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Main Authors: Fajgelbaum, Pablo, Grossman, Gene M., Helpman, Elhanan
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
AGGREGATE DEMAND
BASKET OF GOODS
BILATERAL TRADE
BRAND
BRANDS
CARS
CLOSED ECONOMY
COMMERCIAL POLICY
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIUM
CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE
CONSUMER PREFERENCES
CONSUMERS
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DOMESTIC MARKET
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ELASTICITIES
ELASTICITIES OF DEMAND
ELASTICITY
EQUATIONS
EQUILIBRIUM
EQUILIBRIUM PRICES
EXPENDITURE
EXPORT MARKET
EXPORTS
GDP
HIGH TRANSPORT
HOME MARKET
INCOME
INCOME ELASTICITY OF DEMAND
INCOME GROUPS
INCOME LEVELS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INTERSECTIONS
MARGINAL COST
MARGINAL UTILITY
MARGINAL VALUE
MARKET CONDITIONS
MARKET SEGMENT
MARKET SEGMENTS
MARKET SHARE
MARKET STRUCTURE
MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION
NATIONAL INCOME
NET EXPORTS
OLIGOPOLY
OPEN ECONOMY
OPTIMIZATION
ORDERING
PER CAPITA INCOME
POPULATION GROWTH
PRICE CHANGES
PRICE INDEXES
PRICE SETTING
PRODUCT QUALITY
PRODUCTIVITY
REDISTRIBUTION
SALE
SALES
SHIPPING
SHIPPING COSTS
SPREAD
SUBSTITUTES
SUPPLIERS
TOTAL SALES
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE POLICY
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT COSTS
TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION COSTS
TRUE
UTILITY FUNCTION
VALUATION
VARIABLE COSTS
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20111013095506
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3609

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3609

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