This paper focuses on two distinct facets of globalization: the decrease in the trade costs of goods and the decline of communication costs between headquarters and production facilities within firms.
When the unskilled have about the same wage in the two regions, the decrease of these costs fosters the gradual agglomeration of plants in the core region accommodating the headquarters. By contrast, when the wage gap is significant, the process of integration eventually triggers the re-location of plants into the periphery. In particular, when the process of re-location is driven by falling communication costs, the welfare of all workers living in the core goes down whereas the welfare of those who reside in the periphery rises.
権利
Copyrights 日本貿易振興機構（ジェトロ）アジア経済研究所 / Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO) http://www.ide.go.jp
雑誌名
IDE Discussion Paper
雑誌名(英)
IDE Discussion Paper
巻
5
発行年
2004-08-01
出版者
Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO)
著者版フラグ
publisher
日本十進分類法
333.6
JEL分類
JEL:F12 - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies
JEL:L13 - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
JEL:R13 - General Equilibrium and Welfare Economic Analysis of Regional Economies
地域/国名
世界、その他
キーワード(LSH)
Information technologies (technology)
Communication costs
Agglomeration
Headquarters
Plants
Supply chain
Re-location
Globalization
International economic relations
Communication
情報技術
グローバリゼーション
国際経済
コミュニケーション
Globalization and the Evolution of the Supply Chain: who gains and who loses?
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