Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/207279 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 7888
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
We consider an economic geography setting in which firms are free to choose one of the following organizational types: (i) integrated firms, which perform all their activities at the same location, (ii) horizontal firms, which operate several plants producing the same good at different locations, and (iii) vertical firms, which perform distinct activities at separated locations. We show that there exists a unique organizational equilibrium, which typically involves the coexistence of various organizational forms. We also give necessary and sufficient conditions for the three types of firms to coexist within the same region and show that transportation and communication costs have opposite effects on firms’ organizational choices. This suggests that, depending on its nature, the supply of a new transportation infrastructure may lead to contrasted locational patterns.
Subjects: 
region
transportation costs
communication costs
horizontal firm
vertical firm
JEL: 
F12
F21
R12
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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