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Matching to Suppliers in the Production Network: a Quantitative Framework

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  • Alonso Alfaro-Ureña

    (Department of Economic Research, Central Bank of Costa Rica)

  • Paolo Zacchia

    (Charles University, Czech Academy of Sciences, IZA)

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We build a model of production network formation that enables econometric estimation of the determinants of supplier choice, like trade costs or matching frictions. The model informs an estimator obtained from a transformation of the multinomial logit likelihood function that conditions on two network statistics: the out-degree of sellers (a sufficient statistic for the seller marginal costs) and the in-degree of buyers (which is pinned down by technology and by “make-or-buy” decisions). In an empirical application about the network effects of a major Costa Rican highway, this estimator registers much smaller estimates than those of a (biased) naive multinomial logit. ***Resumen: Desarrollamos un modelo de formación de redes de producción que permite la estimación econométrica de los determinantes en la elección de proveedores, tales como los costos de comerciar o las fricciones de emparejamiento. El modelo guía un estimador obtenido a partir de una transformación de la función de verosimilitud del logit multinomial, que está condicionado por dos estadísticas de red: el grado de salida de los vendedores (una estadística suficiente para los costos marginales del vendedor) y el “grado de entrada” (in-degree) de los compradores (determinado por la tecnología y las decisiones de “hacer o comprar”). En una aplicación empírica sobre los efectos en red de una importante carretera en Costa Rica, este estimador arroja estimaciones considerablemente menores que las de un logit multinomial ingenuo (y sesgado).

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  • Alonso Alfaro-Ureña & Paolo Zacchia, 2025. "Matching to Suppliers in the Production Network: a Quantitative Framework," Documentos de Trabajo 2502, Banco Central de Costa Rica.
  • Handle: RePEc:apk:doctra:2502
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    JEL classification:

    • C25 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions; Probabilities
    • L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)
    • R15 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Econometric and Input-Output Models; Other Methods

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