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Market Growth, Economies of Scale, and Plant Size in the Chemical Processing Industries

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What factors determine the size of new industrial plants? This study uses data on twenty-tw o chemical products to test alternative models of capacity expansion, including the Manne model and a "scale frontier" model. The empiri -cal results strongly support the scale frontier model: the size of n ew plants increased along a time trend that was unrelated to market c oncentration, market growth, or the magnitude of investment scale eco nomies. Entrants typically built smaller plants than incumbents, but all firms built plants closer to the technological frontier when smal l plants carried a higher relative cost penalty. Copyright 1987 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

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  • Lieberman, Marvin B, 1987. "Market Growth, Economies of Scale, and Plant Size in the Chemical Processing Industries," Journal of Industrial Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 36(2), pages 175-191, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jindec:v:36:y:1987:i:2:p:175-91
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