Selection Effects with Heterogeneous Firms.

We provide a general characterization of which firms will select alternative ways of serving a market. If and only if firms’ maximum profits are supermodular in production and market-access costs, more efficient firms will select into the activity with lower market-access costs. Our result applies...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Neary, J, Mrazova, M
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: Department of Economics (University of Oxford) 2011