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Title: Wholesalers and Retailers in US Trade (Long Version)

Author(s): Andrew B. Bernard, J Bradford Jensen, Stephen J. Redding and Peter K. Schott

Publication Date: January 2010

Keyword(s): Intermediary, International Trade, Retailer and Wholesaler

Programme Area(s): International Trade and Regional Economics

Abstract: International trade models typically assume that producers in one country trade directly with final consumers in another. In the real world, of course, trade can involve long chains of potentially independent actors who move goods through wholesale and retail distribution networks. These networks likely affect the magnitude and nature of trade frictions and hence both the pattern of trade and its welfare gains. To promote further understanding of the means by which goods move across borders, this paper examines the extent to which U.S. exports and imports flow through wholesalers and retailers versus

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Bernard, A, Jensen, J, Redding, S and Schott, P. 2010. 'Wholesalers and Retailers in US Trade (Long Version)'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=7642