The spatial selection of heterogeneous quality: An approach using different demand elasticities

被引：1
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作者：
Chen, Ching-mu [1 ]
Zeng, Dao-Zhi [2 ,3 ]
机构：
[1] Tohoku Univ, Grad Sch Econ & Management, Sendai, Miyagi 980, Japan
[2] Tohoku Univ, Grad Sch Informat Sci, Sendai, Miyagi 980, Japan
[3] Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Sch Management, Beijing, Peoples R China
来源：
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY | 2014年 / 10卷 / 02期
关键词：
sep spatial selection; sep heterogeneous demand elasticity; sep economic geography; quality heterogeneity; sep trade liberalization; INTERNATIONAL-TRADE; PRODUCTIVITY; SIZE;
D O I：
10.1111/ijet.12035
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
This paper incorporates heterogeneous demand elasticities and the quality/skill complementarity of production in a footloose capital model in order to explain the spatial selection of firms with differentiated quality. We find that when trade becomes freer, high-quality firms agglomerate in the region that accommodates more high-skilled labor, whereas low-quality firms move to the region that hosts more low-skilled labor. If trade freeness is high, the spatial separation of high- and low-quality firms occurs. This paper also points out the positive effect of integration on welfare owing to the specialization of product quality.
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页码：179 / 202
页数：24
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