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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bastos, Paulo, Silva, Joana
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5204