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Multi-Product Firms and Flexible Manufacturing in the Global Economy

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Carsten Eckel (University of Göttingen)
J Peter Neary (University College Dublin)

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We present a new model of multi-product firms (MPFs) and flexible manufacturing and explore its implications in partial and general equilibrium. International trade integration affects the scale and scope of MPFs through a competition effect and a demand effect. We demonstrate how MPFs adjust in the presence of single-product firms and in heterogeneous industries. Our results are in line with recent empirical evidence and suggest that MPFs in conjunction with flexible manufacturing play an important role in the impact of international trade on product diversity.

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Paper provided by School Of Economics, University College Dublin in its series Working Papers with number 200608.

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Date of creation: 05 May 2006
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Keywords: Multi-Product Firms; Flexible Manufacturing; General Oligoplistic Equilibrium (GOLE); International Trade; Product Diversity;

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F12 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies
L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets

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