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Title: Theories of Heterogeneous Firms and Trade

Author(s): Stephen J. Redding

Publication Date: August 2010

Keyword(s): Heterogeneous Firms, International Trade, Selection into Exporting and Within-industry Reallocation

Programme Area(s): International Trade and Regional Economics

Abstract: This paper reviews the recent theoretical literature on heterogeneous firms and trade, which emphasizes firm selection into international markets and reallocations of resources across firms. We discuss the empirical challenges that motivated this research and its relationship to traditional trade theories. We examine the implications of firm heterogeneity for comparative advantage, market size, aggregate trade, the welfare gains from trade, and the relationship between trade and income distribution. While a number of studies examine the endogenous response of firm productivity to trade liberalization, modeling internal firm organization and the origins of firm heterogeneity remain interesting areas of ongoing research.

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Redding, S. 2010. 'Theories of Heterogeneous Firms and Trade'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=7961