This paper investigates how income inequality affects the quality of imported products. In a heterogeneous-firms trade … model, I show that higher inequality increases total expenditure leading to a reduction in unit value and quality of … document that higher inequality is associated with lower unit value and lower quality of imported products. This negative …

interdependence is more evident in labour practices (i.e. enforcement) than in labour laws. Further, competition is most fierce in … those countries with already low standards. -- Labour Standards ; Competition for FDI ; Spatial Econometrics …

reduces entry barriers and can increase competition. Using data from US markets from 1995 to 2004, we estimate the effects of … competition. However, controlling for actual competition, ISR authorization causes an average reduction in prices of 32.7 percent … promotes potential competition and lower prices in markets where the threat of hit-and-run entry is more credible …