Abstract
In New Trade Theory models, the larger region hosts an overproportionate share of producers. This Home Market Effect (HME) exacerbates regional income discrepancies caused by trade frictions or technology differences. With homogeneous firms, it requires inter-industry reallocations to emerge. We present a heterogeneous firms single-sector model with fixed market access costs, in which the HME arises exclusively from empirically more relevant intra-industry reallocations. It is magnified by lower trade costs or higher heterogeneity. In contrast to multi-industry models, a more pronounced HME leads to regional income convergence as adjustment of the firm size distribution counteracts the effects of firmentry.
Dokumententyp: | Paper |
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Fakultät: | Volkswirtschaft
Volkswirtschaft > Lehrstühle > CESifo-Professur für Außenwirtschaft |
Themengebiete: | 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 330 Wirtschaft |
JEL Classification: | F12, R12 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Dokumenten ID: | 20573 |
Datum der Veröffentlichung auf Open Access LMU: | 15. Apr. 2014, 09:00 |
Letzte Änderungen: | 29. Apr. 2016, 09:17 |