The Proximity-Concentration Tradeoff under Uncertainty
In this article, we analyse the firm's choice between serving a foreign market through exports or through foreign affiliate sales in an environment characterized by country-specific shocks to the cost of production. Our model predicts that country pairs with less-correlated output fluctuations trade more, relative to affiliate sales, whereas countries with more-volatile fluctuations are served relatively more by exporters than by foreign affiliates selling abroad. Using detailed data on trade and affiliate sales, we find empirical support for our model's predictions. Copyright 2013, Oxford University Press.
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2013
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Authors: | Ramondo, Natalia ; Rappoport, Veronica ; Ruhl, Kim J. |
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Review of Economic Studies. - Oxford University Press. - Vol. 80.2013, 4, p. 1582-1621
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Oxford University Press |
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