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Export Destinations and Input Prices

dc.contributor.author Bastos, Paulo
dc.contributor.author Silva, Joana
dc.contributor.author Verhoogen, Eric
dc.date.accessioned 2014-06-25T21:33:59Z
dc.date.available 2014-06-25T21:33:59Z
dc.date.issued 2014-06
dc.description.abstract This paper examines the extent to which the destination of exports matters for the input prices paid by firms, using detailed customs and firm-product-level data from Portugal. The authors use exchange rate movements as a source of variation in export destinations and find that exporting to richer countries leads firms to charge more for outputs and pay higher prices for inputs, other things equal. The results are supportive of the hypothesis that an exogenous increase in average destination income leads firms to raise the average quality of goods they produce and to purchase higher-quality inputs. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19643050/export-destinations-input-prices
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18766
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6914
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject ACCESS TO FOREIGN MARKETS
dc.subject ACCOUNTING
dc.subject ADVERTISING
dc.subject AVERAGE PRICES
dc.subject CHECKS
dc.subject CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE
dc.subject CONSUMERS
dc.subject CURRENCY
dc.subject DEVALUATION
dc.subject DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subject DOMESTIC MARKET
dc.subject DOMESTIC MARKETS
dc.subject ECONOMETRIC MODELS
dc.subject ECONOMETRICS
dc.subject ECONOMICS
dc.subject ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION
dc.subject EQUILIBRIUM
dc.subject EQUILIBRIUM PRICE
dc.subject EXCHANGE RATE
dc.subject EXCHANGE RATE MOVEMENTS
dc.subject EXPENDITURES
dc.subject EXPORT MARKETS
dc.subject EXPORT SHARE
dc.subject EXPORT SHARES
dc.subject EXPORTER
dc.subject EXPORTERS
dc.subject EXPORTS
dc.subject EXTERNAL TRADE
dc.subject FINANCIAL CRISIS
dc.subject FIRM PERFORMANCE
dc.subject FIXED COSTS
dc.subject FIXED INVESTMENT
dc.subject FIXED INVESTMENTS
dc.subject GDP
dc.subject GDP PER CAPITA
dc.subject GLOBAL ECONOMY
dc.subject GLOBALIZATION
dc.subject HOME COUNTRY
dc.subject HOME MARKET
dc.subject HOMOGENEOUS GOOD
dc.subject HOMOGENEOUS GOODS
dc.subject INCOME
dc.subject INCOME INSTRUMENT
dc.subject INCOME LEVEL
dc.subject INCOMES
dc.subject INDIVIDUAL FIRM
dc.subject INDIVIDUAL FIRMS
dc.subject INFLATION
dc.subject INFLATION RATES
dc.subject INPUT PRICES
dc.subject INSTRUMENT
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL BANK
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTIONS
dc.subject INVISIBLE HAND
dc.subject LABOR MARKETS
dc.subject LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE
dc.subject LOCAL CURRENCY
dc.subject MACROECONOMICS
dc.subject MARGINAL COST
dc.subject MARKET BEHAVIOR
dc.subject MARKET POWER
dc.subject MARKETING
dc.subject MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRY
dc.subject OPEN ECONOMIES
dc.subject OPTIMIZATION
dc.subject OUTPUTS
dc.subject PARTICULAR COUNTRIES
dc.subject POLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subject POSITIVE EFFECTS
dc.subject PRICE ELASTICITY
dc.subject PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND
dc.subject PRICE INCREASE
dc.subject PRICE INCREASES
dc.subject PRICE INDEX
dc.subject PRICE LEVEL
dc.subject PRICE LEVELS
dc.subject PRICE MOVEMENTS
dc.subject PRICE STABILITY
dc.subject PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION
dc.subject PRODUCT QUALITY
dc.subject PRODUCTION COSTS
dc.subject PRODUCTION FUNCTION
dc.subject PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
dc.subject PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES
dc.subject PURCHASING
dc.subject RATES OF INFLATION
dc.subject REAL EXCHANGE RATE
dc.subject REAL EXCHANGE RATES
dc.subject RESERVE
dc.subject RESERVE BANK
dc.subject RETURNS
dc.subject SALES
dc.subject SCALE EFFECTS
dc.subject SUBSTITUTION
dc.subject SUPPLIER
dc.subject SUPPLIERS
dc.subject TAX
dc.subject TAX SYSTEM
dc.subject TOTAL OUTPUT
dc.subject TOTAL SALES
dc.subject TRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subject TRADING
dc.subject UNDERESTIMATES
dc.subject UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject UTILITY FUNCTION
dc.subject VARIABLE COST
dc.subject WAGES
dc.subject WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
dc.subject WORLD ECONOMY
dc.title Export Destinations and Input Prices en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.associatedcontent https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/29651 Journal Article
okr.date.disclosure 2014-06-01
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19643050/export-destinations-input-prices
okr.globalpractice Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpractice Finance and Markets
okr.globalpractice Finance and Markets
okr.globalpractice Trade and Competitiveness
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/1813-9450-6914
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000158349_20140609135018
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 19643050
okr.identifier.report WPS6914
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2014/06/09/000158349_20140609135018/Rendered/PDF/WPS6914.pdf en
okr.region.country Portugal
okr.topic Macroeconomics and Economic Growth :: Markets and Market Access
okr.topic International Economics and Trade :: Access to Markets
okr.topic Economic Theory and Research
okr.topic Private Sector Development :: Emerging Markets
okr.topic Finance and Financial Sector Development :: Debt Markets
okr.unit Trade and International Integration Team, Development Research Group
okr.volume 1 of 1
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