Rising trade costs?
Subtitle: agglomeration and trade with endogenous transaction costs
By: Gilles Duranton and Michael Storper.
Contributors: Storper, Michael.; London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
Series: CEP discussion paper ;; no. 683; Discussion paper (London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance : Online) ;; no. 683.
Publisher: Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Description: "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."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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