Export Destinations and Input Prices
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Export Destinations and Input Prices
Export Destinations and Input Prices
Date Written: June 1, 2014
Abstract
This paper examines the extent to which the destination of exports matters for the input prices paid by firms, using detailed customs and firm-product-level data from Portugal. The authors use exchange rate movements as a source of variation in export destinations and find that exporting to richer countries leads firms to charge more for outputs and pay higher prices for inputs, other things equal. The results are supportive of the hypothesis that an exogenous increase in average destination income leads firms to raise the average quality of goods they produce and to purchase higher-quality inputs.
Keywords: Markets and Market Access, Economic Theory & Research, Emerging Markets, Access to Markets, Debt Markets
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