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Verti-zontal Differentiation in Export Markets

Francesco Di ComiteJacques-François ThisseHylke Vandenbussche

出版	KU Leuven, Fac. of Economics and Business, Center for Economic Studies, 2013
ISBN	92899108879789289910880
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=frNWAQAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

Many trade models of monopolistic competition identify cost efficiency as the main determinant of firm performance in export markets. To date, the analysis of demand factors has received much less attention. We propose a new model where consumer preferences are asymmetric across varieties and heterogeneous across countries. The model generates new predictions and allows for an identification of horizontal differentiation (taste) clearly distinguished from vertical differentiation (quality). Data patterns observed in Belgian firm-product level exports by destination are congruent with the predictions and seem to warrant a richer modelling of consumer demand.