Specialization, scale economies and economic development

被引:1
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作者
Canning, D
机构
[1] Department of Economics, Queen's University of Belfast
关键词
economic development; firm size; plant size;
D O I
10.1016/0165-1765(96)00836-1
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Manufacturing plants tend to be bigger in large countries, but smaller in countries with high income per capita or strong financial markets. Specialization, with small plants linked through markets or industrial groups, may be a more important source of economic development than scale economies in large plants.
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页码:95 / 100
页数:6
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