The comparative advantage of firms

Johannes Boehm, Swati Dhingra and John Morrow

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Abstract: Resource based theories propose that firms grow by diversifying into products which use common capabilities. We provide evidence for common input capabilities using a policy that removed entry barriers in input markets to show that the similarity of a firm's and industry's input mix determine firm production choices. We model industry choice and economies of scope from input capabilities. Estimating the model for Indian manufacturing, input complementarities make firms 5% more likely to produce in an industry and are quantitatively as important as time-invariant drivers of co-production rates. Upstream entry barriers were equivalent to a 9.5% tariff on inputs.

Keywords: multiproduct firms; firm capabilities; vertical input linkages; comparative advantage; economies of scope; size-based policies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F11 L25 M20 O30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 83 pages
Date: 2019-04-17
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