Supplement to “ Information Frictions in Trade ” (
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This Supplemental Material comprises eight appendixes: Appendix A proves the existence and uniqueness of equilibrium prices; Appendix B presents a detailed description of the data used in the paper; Appendix C considers four alternative search frameworks; Appendix D considers three alternative complete information frameworks that may be consistent with the observe empirical patterns; Appendix E presents five extensions of the model mentioned in the main text; Appendix F presents additional derivations of the model mentioned in the text; Appendix G presents additional results related to the structural estimation; Appendix H presents additional tables mentioned in the main text.
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