Vertical Product Differentiation, Minimum Quality Standards and International Trade
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- Dimitra Petropoulou, 2013. "Vertical product differentiation, minimum quality standards, and international trade," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 65(2), pages 372-393, April.
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Keywords
Vertical Product Differentiation; Quality Reversal; International Trade; Minimum Quality Standards;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
- L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
- L52 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Industrial Policy; Sectoral Planning Methods
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2007-09-30 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-DCM-2007-09-30 (Discrete Choice Models)
- NEP-INT-2007-09-30 (International Trade)
- NEP-MIC-2007-09-30 (Microeconomics)
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