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.Using U.S. NETS data, we present evidence that the positive trend observed in national product-market concentration between …
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We study the impact of corporate taxes on barcode-level product prices using linked survey and administrative data. Our …
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When experience goods compete, consuming one product can be informative about value for similar untried products. We … spillovers shape demand from the consumers who have trialed the rival product--the potential switchers. In the first period … repeat and switching consumers. Demand-side information spillovers offer an explanation of how competing firms in new product …
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Environmental Engel curves (EECs) plot the relationship between households' incomes and the pollution embodied in the goods and services they consume. They provide a basis for estimating the degree to which observed environmental improvements, which come in part from changing consumption...
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ISIC) based on the pre-liberalization distribution of exports by product (5-digit SITC). Using the results of Kehoe and …
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Import tariffs tend to be higher for final goods than for inputs, a phenomenon commonly referred to as tariff escalation. Yet neoclassical trade theory - and modern Ricardian trade models, in particular - predict that welfare-maximizing tariffs are uniform across sectors. We show that tariff...
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We study changes in markups across 72 product markets from 2006 to 2018. A growing literature has documented a rise in … product markets. We find that changes in firms' marginal costs and households' price sensitivity are the primary drivers of …
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industrial organization. This has focused empirical attention on markups, the ratios of price to marginal cost in product markets …
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We explore how firms respond to downstream product shocks. We find that affected firms increase R&D and make additional … in the intensity and rate of future downstream product shocks. Surprisingly, however, these investments appear to have …
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We view sustainability as a requirement that welfare should not be expected to decline over time. We impose this …
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