@article{Ferto:204225,
      recid = {204225},
      author = {Ferto, Imre and Bojnec, Stefan},
      title = {Quality upgrading in the European-Union agri-food exports},
      address = {2015-04},
      number = {357-2016-18308},
      pages = {19},
      year = {2015},
      abstract = {The paper investigates determinants of quality upgrading  in the European Union agri-food exports using panel data  models in the 2000-2011 period. Employing highly  disaggregated data we show that export unit value is  positively associated with level of economic development  and the size of population. Our results indicate negative  impacts of comparative advantages and trade costs on export  quality upgrading. Estimations confirm the important role  of income distribution in quality specialization. The  income inequality increases specialization in high quality  varieties for rich countries. Results are robust to  alternative subsamples including vertical specialized and  final agri-food products.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/204225},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.204225},
}