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Multi-Product Firms and Flexible Manufacturing in the Global Economy

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ECKEL, CARSTEN, NEARY, J. PETER·2009·Review of Economic Studies
DOI 10.1111/j.1467-937x.2009.00573.x
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We present a new model of multi-product firms (MPFs) and flexible manufacturing, and explore its implications in partial and general oligopolistic equilibrium. Globalization affects the scale and scope (or intensive margin and intra-firm extensive margin) of MPFs through a competition effect and a demand effect. The model highlights a new source of gains from trade: productivity increases as firms become "leaner and meaner", concentrating on their core competence; but also a new source of losses from trade: product variety may fall. Our results also hold under free entry, which allows in addition for adjustment along the traditional inter-firm extensive margin.

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Authors
ECKEL, C., & NEARY, J. P.
Venue
Review of Economic Studies
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
2009-06-25
Volume
77
Issue
1
Pages
188-217
ISSN
0034-6527 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-937x.2009.00573.x
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660
References
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110.59
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journal article
Language
en
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