Export Variety and Country Productivity : Estimating the Monopolistic Competition Model with Endogenous Productivity
This paper provides evidence on the monopolistic competition model with heterogeneous firms and endogenous productivity. We show that this model has a well-defined GDP function where relative export variety enters positively, and estimate this function over 48 countries from 1980 to 2000. Average ex...
Main Authors: | Feenstra, Robert, Kee, Hiau Looi |
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Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | EN |
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2012
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5721 |
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