"Between 1992 and 2002, the Japanese Import Price Index registered a decline of almost 9 percent and Japan entered a … period of deflation. We show that much of the correlation between import prices and domestic prices was due to formula biases …

costs are used as an exogenous measure of import competition. The authors find a positive and robust effect of import … that increased import competition from less advanced economies is the major cause for the positive impact on quality …

highly disaggregated import data to the EU in the food industry. Results show that, on average, the diffusion of EU voluntary …