It is well known that economic growth and services have a positive association. In particular, the more developed an economy is, the higher the share of the services sector. While most research has focused on service output, this study also examines services as input. Recently, the need for...

The role of across-firm differences in product quality and firms' competitiveness in determining the spatial patterns of within-product export unit values across destinations is examined in this paper. Using product level export data, it is shown that the average export unit value of a product...