Trade, Location and Multiproduct Firms

Rikard Forslid and Toshihiro Okubo

Discussion papers from Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)

Abstract: In this paper we study how trade liberalization affects the location and the product scope of firms. We find that the largest and most productive multiproduct firms concentrate to the larger market as a result of trade liberalization. Given some relocation costs, we also find that these firms will expand their product range in the larger market while firms in the smaller market will contract their product scope. These effects are magnified with firm-level productivity. The findings are consistent with Japanese manufacturing firm data.

Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2018-10
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Journal Article: Trade, location, and multi-product firms (2023)
Working Paper: Trade, Location and Multiproduct Firms (2019)
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