Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/197162 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Citation: 
[Journal:] Theoretical Economics [ISSN:] 1555-7561 [Volume:] 13 [Issue:] 2 [Publisher:] The Econometric Society [Place:] New Haven, CT [Year:] 2018 [Pages:] 729-760
Publisher: 
The Econometric Society, New Haven, CT
Abstract: 
This paper builds coordination costs, transaction costs, and other aspects of the theory of the firm into a production chain model with an infinite number of ex ante identical producers. The equilibrium determines prices, allocations of productive tasks across firms, firm sizes, and the number of active firms. These prices and allocations match several stylized facts on firm boundaries, vertical integration, and division of the value chain.
Subjects: 
Span of control
firm boundaries
fragmentation
production chains
JEL: 
C62
C63
L11
L16
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Document Type: 
Article

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