The World Is Not Yet Flat : Transport Costs Matter!

Using micro-level commodity flow data and micro-geographic plant-level data, we construct industry-specific ad valorem trucking rate series and measures of geographic concentration to provide evidence on the relationship between transport costs and agglomeration. We find that low transport cost indu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Behrens, Kristian, Brown, W. Mark, Bougna, Theophile
Format: Journal Article
Published: The MIT Press 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29659