". Productivity is modeled as is standard in the literature. Caliber is the ability to produce quality using few fixed inputs. While … to single-attribute models of firm heterogeneity emphasizing either productivity or the ability to produce quality, our …We develop a model of international trade with two sources of firm heterogeneity: "productivity" and "caliber …

in the import tariff induces an incumbent importer/exporter to increase the quality of its exports and to raise its …'s producers to upgrade the quality of the goods that they export. The paper first documents two stylized facts regarding the …'s (2003) model of trade with heterogeneous firms by introducing endogenous quality choice. The model predicts that a reduction …

Policies to stimulate export growth and diversify the composition of exports in South Africa are now high on the …

associated with (i) per capita GNP; (ii) trade openness; (iii) share of manufacturing exports in total exports. …

evaluate the role of to changes in price (quality) and changes in quantity. Unlike previous studies that have mainly used a … single approach for the decomposition of exports into its margins, the present paper uses three alternative methods: i) the … Austria’s exports is mainly explained by quantity growth. …

exported English wools; for the prime determinant of luxury quality in these textiles was the use of the finer grade English …

quality levels. In the new trade theory and in the neoclassical literature there is not a well-established methodology to … estimate good's quality in international trade; this contribution presents different methodologies starting from a review of … only by quality shifts but also by other cyclical and structural factors. To overcome these limitations and give a better …