Innovation, Firm Dynamics, and International Trade
We present a general equilibrium model of the response of firms' decisions to operate, innovate, and engage in international trade to a change in the marginal cost of international trade. We find that, although a change in trade costs can have a substantial impact on heterogeneous firms' exit, export, and process innovation decisions, the impact of changes in these decisions on welfare is largely offset by the response of product innovation. Our results suggest that microeconomic evidence on firms' responses to changes in international trade costs may not be informative about the implications of changes in these trade costs for aggregate welfare. (c) 2010 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved..
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2010
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Authors: | Atkeson, Andrew ; Burstein, Ariel Tomás |
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Journal of Political Economy. - University of Chicago Press. - Vol. 118.2010, 3, p. 433-484
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University of Chicago Press |
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