1. Identifying vertically differentiated products
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Joana Silva and Paulo Bastos
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Economics and Econometrics ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Product differentiation ,computer.software_genre ,Vertical differentiation ,Microeconomics ,Neoclassical Models of Trade F110 ,Product classification ,Economics ,Country and Industry Studies of Trade F140 ,Quality (business) ,Data mining ,computer ,Finance ,media_common - Abstract
Rauch (1999) introduced a product classification scheme that has since been widely used to empirically identify differentiated goods. Using firm-level data on export unit values, we provide direct evidence that this classification is well suited for capturing quality differentiation.
- Published
- 2010
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