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标题：Production networks, geography and firm performance
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作者：Andrew Bernard ; Andreas Moxnes ; Yukiko Saito 等
期刊名称：CEP Discussion Paper
出版年度：2016
卷号：2016
语种：English
出版社：Centre for Economic Performance
摘要：This paper examines the importance of buyer-supplier relationships, geography and the structure of the production network in firm performance. We develop a simple model where firms can outsource tasks and search for suppliers in different locations. Low search and outsourcing costs lead firms to search more and find better suppliers. This in turn drives down the firm's marginal production costs. We test the theory by exploiting the opening of a high-speed (Shinkansen) train line in Japan which lowered the cost of passenger travel but left shipping costs unchanged. Using an exhaustive dataset on firms' buyer-seller linkages, we find significant improvements in firm performance as well as creation of new buyer-seller links, consistent with the model.
关键词：production networks;trade;productivity;infrastructure