全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): DP14045 How do trade and communication costs shape the spatial organization of firms?

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来源类型	Discussion paper
规范类型	论文
来源ID	DP14045
	DP14045 How do trade and communication costs shape the spatial organization of firms?
	Toshitaka Gokan; Sergey Kichko; Jacques-François Thisse
发表日期	2019-10-08
出版年	2019
语种	英语
摘要	We consider an economic geography setting in which firms are free to choose one of the following organizational types: (i) integrated firms, which perform all their activities at the same location, (ii) horizontal firms, which operate several plants producing the same good at different locations, and (iii) vertical firms, which perform distinct activities at separated locations. We show that there exists a unique organizational equilibrium, which typically involves the coexistence of various organizational forms. We also give necessary and sufficient conditions for the three types of firms to coexist within the same region and show that transportation and communication costs have opposite effects on firms' organizational choices. This suggests that, depending on its nature, the supply of a new transportation infrastructure may lead to contrasted locational patterns.
主题	International Trade and Regional Economics
关键词	Region Transportation costs Communication costs Horizontal firm Vertical firm
URL	https://cepr.org/publications/dp14045
来源智库	Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/542931
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Toshitaka Gokan,Sergey Kichko,Jacques-François Thisse. DP14045 How do trade and communication costs shape the spatial organization of firms?. 2019.