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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2015
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2015: Ökonomische Entwicklung - Theorie und Politik - Session: Trade, Labor, and Inequality No. A05-V3
Verlag: 
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
Zusammenfassung: 
This paper provides first firm-level evidence on the links between income inequality within a country and the patterns of trade and export prices. We identify a theoretical mechanism behind these links, which relates income inequality to product quality and prices using a simple demand composition effect. Theory suggests that a more unequal distribution of income leads to higher average prices, in particular in middle-income countries. The predictions are confirmed using detailed firm and product level data. Controlling for income per capita, prices are systematically higher in more unequal destination countries, with this effect being particularly relevant for middle-income countries. Our results are robust to different measures of income distribution, hold only for differentiated goods and in particular for products with a high degree of vertical differentiation.
JEL: 
F12
F14
L11
Dokumentart: 
Conference Paper

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