This paper examines the impact of coordination costs and organizational rigidity on the returns to diversification. The … central thesis is that coordination costs offset economies of scope, while organizational rigidity increases coordination … costs, further constraining economies of scope. The empirical tests of this proposition identify the effects of coordination …

private provision of public goods. We examine whether reciprocity can resolve the associated coordination problem. The …

for this puzzle. They explain that an improvement in transport technology can increase the transport costs, because it … coordination. Such a coordination is easier between neighbors than between very distant countries. As a result, trade increases …