The quality and the destination of the colombian manufacturing exports

Carranza, Juan Esteban; González-Ramírez, Alejandra Ximena; Pérez, Alex

The quality and the destination of the colombian manufacturing exports

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Borradores de Economía; No. 1033

Date published

2018-01-12

Date

2018-01-12

Authors

Carranza, Juan Esteban
González-Ramírez, Alejandra Ximena
Pérez, Alex

Document language

eng

Las opiniones contenidas en el presente documento son responsabilidad exclusiva de los autores y no comprometen al Banco de la República ni a su Junta Directiva.

The opinions contained in this document are the sole responsibility of the author and do not commit Banco de la República or its Board of Directors.

Abstract

In this paper we describe the relationship between the quality of goods and inputs of Colombian manufacturing firms and the income level of their export markets. We show that there is a positive correlation between measures of product and input quality and measures of per capita income of export markets. These findings are consistent with the recent literature on the demand and supply of quality, and with evidence for other countries.