Giansoldati, Marco - Dipartimento di Economia, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia - 2010
This paper deals with fragmentation both theoretically and empirically. Not only it presents a picture of the existing … possible theoretical dichotomy between fragmentation and agglomeration, whilst supplying empirical evidence in support of their … coexistence. Moreover, the paper focuses on the linkages between fragmentation and trade, with an emphasis on vertical intra …