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Frontiers of Economics in China

ISSN 1673-3444

ISSN 1673-3568(Online)

CN 11-5744/F

邮发代号 80-978

Frontiers of Economics in China  2014, Vol. 9 Issue (4): 606-633   https://doi.org/10.3868/s060-003-014-0028-0
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International Trade with Increasing Returns in the Transportation Sector
Haiwen Zhou()
Department of Economics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA
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Abstract

In this general equilibrium framework, the transportation sector is modeled as a distinct sector with increasing returns. A more advanced technology has a higher fixed cost but a lower marginal cost of production. Even with both manufacturing firms and transportation firms engaged in oligopolistic competition and optimally choosing their technologies, the model is tractable and results are derived analytically. Technology adoptions in the manufacturing sector and transportation sector are reinforcing, and multiple equilibria may exist. Firms choose more advanced technologies and the prices decrease when the size of the population is larger.

Key wordstransportation costs    international trade    the choice of technology    increasing returns    strategic complementarity
出版日期: 2014-12-11
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. [J]. Frontiers of Economics in China, 2014, 9(4): 606-633.
Haiwen Zhou. International Trade with Increasing Returns in the Transportation Sector. Front. Econ. China, 2014, 9(4): 606-633.
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