Exports, Foreign Market Structure, and Profitability in Japanese and U.S Manufacturing
研究外国企业的定价决策如何影响本国企业的出口定价，基于日美69个制造业行业的数据，发现外国市场结构和定价会影响出口价格及价格成本加成。
This paper examines the influence of price d ecisions by foreign firms on export price decisions by domestic firms. The theor etical analysis develops a general model which hypothesizes a positive relation between export price and foreign price assuming international product differenti ation. This model further suggests that export price depends on foreign structur al traits as they determine foreign price. The empirical analysis, based on a cr oss- section of sixty-nine four-digit manufacturing industries matched between th e United States and Japan, provided support for the hypothesis that foreign mark et structure and foreign pricing affect export pricing and thus the observed pri ce-cost margin. Copyright 1986 by MIT Press.