Measuring the Unequal Gains from Trade

Individuals that consume different baskets of goods are differentially affected by relative price changes caused by international trade. We develop a methodology to measure the unequal gains from trade across consumers within countries. The approach requires data on aggregate expenditures and parameters estimated from a non-homothetic gravity equation. We find that trade typically favors the poor, who concentrate spending in more traded sectors

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Fajgelbaum, Pablo D.
Other Persons:	Khandelwal, Amit (contributor)
Publisher:	[2014]: [S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Außenhandelsgewinn \| Gains from trade \| Theorie \| Theory \| Welt \| World \| Schätzung \| Estimation \| Privater Konsum \| Private consumption \| Armut \| Poverty \| Handelbare Güter \| Tradables \| Einkommenselastizität der Nachfrage \| Income elasticity of demand

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (53 p)
Series:	NBER Working Paper ; No. w20331
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments July 2014 erstellt
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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