The Quality of a Firm's Exports: Where You Export to Matters

What drives export quality? Using Portuguese firm-level data on exports by product and destination market, we find that f.o.b. unit values increase systematically with distance, and tend to be higher in shipments to richer nations. These relationships reflect not only the sorting of firms across mar...

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Main Authors:	Bastos, Paulo, Silva, Joana
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Country and Industry Studies of Trade F140 Information and Product Quality Standardization and Compatibility L150
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5204

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spelling	okr-10986-52042021-04-23T14:02:21Z The Quality of a Firm's Exports: Where You Export to Matters Bastos, Paulo Silva, Joana Country and Industry Studies of Trade F140 Information and Product Quality Standardization and Compatibility L150 What drives export quality? Using Portuguese firm-level data on exports by product and destination market, we find that f.o.b. unit values increase systematically with distance, and tend to be higher in shipments to richer nations. These relationships reflect not only the sorting of firms across markets, but also the within-firm variation of unit values across destinations. Within product categories, higher-productivity firms tend to ship greater quantities at higher prices to a given market, consistent with higher quality. In addition, firm productivity tends to magnify the positive effect of distance on within-product unit values, suggesting that high-productivity, high-quality firms are more able to serve difficult markets. 2012-03-30T07:31:47Z 2012-03-30T07:31:47Z 2010 Journal Article Journal of International Economics 00221996 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5204 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article
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description	What drives export quality? Using Portuguese firm-level data on exports by product and destination market, we find that f.o.b. unit values increase systematically with distance, and tend to be higher in shipments to richer nations. These relationships reflect not only the sorting of firms across markets, but also the within-firm variation of unit values across destinations. Within product categories, higher-productivity firms tend to ship greater quantities at higher prices to a given market, consistent with higher quality. In addition, firm productivity tends to magnify the positive effect of distance on within-product unit values, suggesting that high-productivity, high-quality firms are more able to serve difficult markets.
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The Quality of a Firm's Exports: Where You Export to Matters

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