Duranton, Gilles and Storper, Michael (2005) Rising trade costs?: agglomeration and trade with endogenous transaction costs. CEPDP, 683. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. ISBN 0753018225
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Abstract
While transport costs have fallen, the empirical evidence also points at rising total trade costs. In a model of industry location with endogenous transaction costs, we show how and under which conditions a decline in transport costs can lead to an increase in the total cost of trade.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Discussion Paper) |
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| Official URL: | http://cep.lse.ac.uk |
| Additional Information: | © 2005 the authors |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > HF Commerce |
| Journal of Economic Literature Classification System: | D - Microeconomics > D2 - Production and Organizations > D24 - Production; Cost; Capital and Total Factor Productivity; Capacity D - Microeconomics > D2 - Production and Organizations > D23 - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights R - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics > R1 - General Regional Economics > R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade |
| Sets: | Collections > Economists Online Research centres and groups > Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) Departments > Geography and Environment |
| Rights: | http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/collections/folder/LSERO.aspx |
| Identification Number: | 683 |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Jul 2008 09:09 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/19898/ |
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