Quality screening and trade intermediaries: Evidence from China
Sandra Poncet
(1, 2)
,
Meina Xu
(3)
Sandra Poncet
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Résumé
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.
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Economies et financesFormat du dépôt | Notice |
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Type de dépôt | Article dans une revue |
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Quality screening and trade intermediaries: Evidence from China
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Résumé |
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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.
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Auteur(s) |
Sandra Poncet
1, 2
, Meina Xu
3
1
PJSE -
Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques
( 1171428 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
2
PSE -
Paris School of Economics
( 301309 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
3
Shanghai University
( 323305 )
- 99 Shangda Road, BaoShan District, Shanghai
- Chine
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Date de publication |
2018-02
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Volume |
26
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Numéro |
1
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Page/Identifiant |
223 - 256
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Domaine(s) |
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DOI | 10.1111/roie.12324 |
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