export prices. We identify a theoretical mechanism behind these links, which suggests that a more unequal income distribution … leads to higher average prices. We test the theory using detailed data for Brazilian exporters and find that the destination … countries ́first and second moment of the income distribution are important determinants of export prices. Controlling for …

countries at different levels of development within products and across varieties is mirrored in the recent shifts in world …

standardization and international trade. A debate exists as to how ISO 9000 impacts trade. First, it has been argued that ISO 9000 is …

also throughout the developing world. This stylized fact is contrary to the predictions of classical trade theory that in …Since the expansion of world trade in the 1980s, measures of inequality have risen not only in developed countries, but …

The rise in income inequality in developing countries after trade liberalization has been a puzzle for trade theory …