A growing literature suggests that high-income countries export high-quality goods. Two hypotheses may explain such …-income locations export high-quality products. The factor-proportions model also predicts that skill-abundant, high-income locations … export skill-intensive, high-quality products (Schott, QJE 2004). Prior empirical evidence does not separate these …

A growing literature suggests that high-income countries export high-quality goods. Two hypotheses may explain such …-income locations export high-quality products. The factor-proportions model also predicts that skill-abundant, high-income locations … export skill-intensive, high-quality products. Prior empirical evidence does not separate these explanations. I develop a …

A growing literature suggests that high-income countries export high-quality goods. Two hypotheses may explain such …-income locations export high-quality products. The factor-proportions model also predicts that skill-abundant, high-income locations … export skill-intensive, high-quality products. Prior empirical evidence does not separate these explanations. I develop a …

A growing literature suggests that high-income countries export high-quality goods. Two hypotheses may explain such …-income locations export high quality products. The factor-proportions model also predicts that skill-abundant, high-income locations … export skill-intensive, high-quality products. Prior empirical evidence does not separate these explanations. I develop a …