Globalisation and the Spatial Concentration of Production

Friederike Niepmann and Gabriel Felbermayr

Munich Reprints in Economics from University of Munich, Department of Economics

Abstract: (1240) Friederike Niepmann and Gabriel J. Felbermayr. In new trade theory (NTT) models, freer trade tends to increase the spatial concentration of industrial production across countries. While nations with large home markets and central geographical location become increasingly attractive business locations, small peripheral countries gradually deindustrialise. Using data for 26 industries, 20 OECD countries and 20 years, we investigate the empirical validity of this claim. Separating out the role of home market size from geographical factors, and using various panel methods, we find robust evidence in line with theory. Freer trade has indeed magnified the importance of domestic demand and geographical location for the pattern of industrial production across the globe and has therefore exacerbated spatial disparities.

Date: 2010
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Published in World Economy 5 33(2010): pp. 680-709

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