Firm Heterogeneity, Product Quality and Decisions regarding Rules of Origin

Firm Heterogeneity, Product Quality and Decisions regarding Rules of Origin | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Article Firm Heterogeneity, Product Quality and Decisions regarding Rules of Origin Shiue-Hung Lin, Qi Wu, Li-Chen Chou This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-7273959/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract This study extends the framework of the heterogeneous firm model developed by Melitz (2003) 17 . Under the premise that productive efficiency and product quality simultaneously measure productivity, our article further explores the heterogeneous manufacturer’s choice of compliance with the rules of origin (RoOs). Our study finds that considering the different cases of productive efficiency and product quality, it will affect the willingness of exporting enterprises to choose the RoOs. Moreover, if the transnational quality-improvement technologies and consumer quality preferences are inconsistent between the two countries, the differences in the choice of compliance with RoOs will narrow down. This will result in the same attitude towards the choice of the RoOs for export enterprises with the same combination of production efficiency and product quality within the two countries. Business and commerce/Business and management Social science/Business and management Business and commerce/Information systems and information technology rules of origin productive efficiency product quality firm heterogeneity Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. Our growing team is made up of researchers and industry professionals working together to solve the most critical problems facing scientific publishing. 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