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Firm Heterogeneity and International Trade: Implications for Agricultural and Food Industries

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Gopinath, Munisamy
Sheldon, Ian
Echeverria, Rodrigo
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This article summarizes key insights from the firm heterogeneity and trade literature, the theme-day topic of the 2006 IATRC Annual Meeting, and draws their implications for the agricultural and food industries

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Paper provided by International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium in its series Trade Policy Issues Papers with number 9349.

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