Rising trade costs?: agglomeration and trade with endogenous transaction costs

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)
Official URL:	http://cep.lse.ac.uk
Additional Information:	© 2005 the authors
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HF Commerce
Sets:	Collections > Economists Online Research centres and groups > Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) Departments > Geography and Environment
Date Deposited:	24 Jul 2008 09:09
Last Modified:	01 Nov 2011 10:54
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/19898

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