Wholesalers and Retailers in U.S. Trade (Long Version)

Andrew Bernard, J. Jensen (), Stephen Redding and Peter Schott

Working Papers from U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies

Abstract: International trade models typically assume that producers in one country trade directly with final consumers in another. In reality, 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 producing and consuming firms.

Keywords: Wholesaler; Retailer; Intermediary; International Trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F10 F14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 15 pages
Date: 2012-02
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Working Paper: Wholesalers and Retailers in U.S. Trade (Long Version) (2010)
Working Paper: Wholesalers and Retailers in US Trade (Long Version) (2010)
Working Paper: Wholesalers and retailers in U.S. trade (Long Version) (2010)
Working Paper: Wholesalers and Retailers in U.S. Trade (Long Version) (2010)
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