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The opportunity costs of entrepreneurs in international trade

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  • Kehoe, Timothy J.
  • Pujolàs, Pau S.
  • Ruhl, Kim J.

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We show that a trade model with an exogenous set of heterogeneous firms with fixed operating costs has the same aggregate outcomes as a span-of-control model. Fixed costs in the heterogeneous-firm model are entrepreneurs’ forgone wages in the span-of-control model.

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  • Kehoe, Timothy J. & Pujolàs, Pau S. & Ruhl, Kim J., 2016. "The opportunity costs of entrepreneurs in international trade," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 146(C), pages 1-3.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:146:y:2016:i:c:p:1-3
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2016.07.012
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    Keywords

    Span-of-control model; Firm heterogeneity; Income distribution; International trade;
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    JEL classification:

    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
    • F12 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies; Fragmentation

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