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Does Import Competition Improve the Quality of Domestic Goods?

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Firms must produce high-quality goods to be competitive in international markets, but how do they transition from producing low- to high-quality goods? In a new study (?Import Competition and Quality Upgrading,? forthcoming in the Review of Economics and Statistics), we focus on how tougher import competition affects firms? decisions to upgrade the quality of their goods. Our results, which we summarize in this post, show that stiffer import competition affects quality-upgrading decisions. For firms already producing very high-quality goods, lower tariffs induce them to produce goods of even higher quality. However, for firms producing very low-quality goods, lower tariffs actually discourage quality upgrading. Ours is the first study to show a significant relationship between import competition and quality.

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  • Mary Amiti & Amit Khandelwal, 2013. "Does Import Competition Improve the Quality of Domestic Goods?," Liberty Street Economics 20130408, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
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    1. Richard Bräuer & Matthias Mertens & Viktor Slavtchev, 2023. "Import competition and firm productivity: Evidence from German manufacturing," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 46(8), pages 2285-2305, August.

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    quality upgrading; Import competition;

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    • F00 - International Economics - - General - - - General

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