Export Destinations and Input Prices

• Tác giả: Paulo Bastos
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 339.23 Input-output analysis (Interindustry analysis)
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2014
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 312265
• Chủ đề: 1. ACCESS TO FOREIGN MARKETS; 2. ACCOUNTING; 3. ADVERTISING; 4. AVERAGE PRICES; 5. CHECKS

Tóm tắt

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.