Product variety and the demographic transition
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Regional inequality and product variety∗
We investigate how differences in set-up costs of various types affect the trade-off between global efficiency and spatial equity and show that the standard assumption of symmetry in fixed costs masks the existence of an interesting effect: the range of available varieties varies depends on the spatial distribution of firms. In such a setting, even when the market outcome leads to excessive agg...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Economics Letters
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0165-1765
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2009.12.031