Quality screening and trade intermediaries: Evidence from China
| Autor: | Meina Xu, Sandra Poncet |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PJSE), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Paris School of Economics (PSE), École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), University of Shanghai [Shanghai], Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
business.industry
media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Geography Planning and Development International trade Development [SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance Product (business) Intermediary 0502 economics and business Economics Quality (business) 050207 economics China business ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS Industrial organization 050205 econometrics media_common |
| Zdroj: | Review of International Economics Review of International Economics, Wiley, 2018, 26 (1), pp.223-256. ⟨10.1111/roie.12324⟩ Review of International Economics, Wiley, 2018, 26 (1) |
| ISSN: | 0965-7576 1467-9396 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/roie.12324⟩ |
| Popis: | International audience; We examine the quality‐screening role played by intermediaries in international trade, exploiting export data at the product level for Chinese exporters. We uncover substantial heterogeneity among intermediaries, and distinguish two types: generalized and specialized intermediaries. We find strong evidence of a quality‐verification role for specialized intermediaries: they are more prevalent in products with greater quality dispersion among local exporters, and export goods of higher quality than do generalized intermediaries. Our results suggest that specialized intermediaries have the capacity to reduce the incidence of quality problems. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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