This paper explores firms' export dynamics in emerging economies where local firms face stiff foreign competition, both … at home and abroad, and thus compelled to choose the level of quality in which to export. We develop and test a model of … vertical product differentiation where the link between export performance and product quality is central. The impact of other …

export price data combined with data on 32 WTO (World Trade Organization) accessions by developing countries and hundreds of … increase in export prices of differentiated goods. For WTO, this effect is captured by the developing countries that were … particular, we find that PTAs with provisions on investments are associated with higher export prices. The results are consistent …

We explore the contribution of product-quality upgrading to the export performance of six fast-growing Asian economies … changes in these countries' sectoral export shares during 1970-2010. We build a multisector Ricardian trade model which allows … for changes in product quality, and calibrate it to generate predictions about export volumes. Unlike previous literature …

This study analyzes how export duration affects firms' export product quality. On the basis of Chinese firms' micro … data, we find that export duration has a significantly positive effect on the export product quality of firms by promoting … their productivity and innovation ability. This study shows that the effect of export duration on the product quality of …