>) definition of variety, we relax two assumptions, allowing the set of products and unobserved taste and quality parameter to vary … compared with gains from taste and quality. Using food and tobacco products as a benchmark with unchanged taste and quality, we … find significant gains from shifts in consumer preferences and improving quality for Germany, France, Italy and the UK …

price developments for changes in varieties of imported products. We relax their assumption of unchanged quality over time …) increased more strongly in the CESEE-10 countries as compared to their competitors, the average quality of their goods increased …

index that adjusts for changes in the set of competitors (variety) and changes in non-price factors (quality in a broad …

the set of imported goods and the quality to vary. This variety-, set-of-products-, and quality-adjusted import price … gains from quality. Using HS 07 (vegetables) as our benchmark group of products with unchanged quality, we find significant … gains from quality for Germany, France, Italy and the UK between 1995 and 2010. Although these results are not invariant to …

structures has been studied extensively. These studies frequently observe a quality upgrading of CEE exports. In this paper we … consider three dimensions of quality upgrading upgrading across industries, upgrading across different quality segments within … industries and, finally, product upgrading within quality segments inside industries. For the analysis we partition industries …

changes in non-price factors (quality in a broad sense) for a set of nine large emerging economies (Argentina, Brazil, Chile …

that adjusts for changes in the set of competitors (variety) and changes in non-price factors (quality in a broad sense …

index that adjusts for changes in the set of competitors (variety) and changes in non-price factors (quality in a broad …

changes in non-price factors (quality in a broad sense) for a set of nine large emerging economies (Argentina, Brazil, Chile …

structures has been studied extensively. These studies frequently observe a quality upgrading of CEE exports. In this paper we … consider three dimensions of quality upgrading upgrading across industries, upgrading across different quality segments within … industries and, finally, product upgrading within quality segments inside industries. For the analysis we partition industries …