Networks and firm location

This paper models the decision of vertically-linked firms to build either partitioned or connected networks of supply of an intermediate good. In each case, the locations of upstream and downstream firms are correlated. Input specificity is relatedbothto variable costs (transport costs of the input)...

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Main Author: Pontes, José Pedro (author)
Format: workingPaper
Language:eng
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/2622
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/2622