Competing Communications Networks and International Trade
Marcelo Fukushima and
Toru Kikuchi
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Abstract:
This paper investigates the effects of competing communication networks on trade patterns in a Chamberlinian-Ricardian model of monopolistically competitive firms with a continuum of industries that require communication services in production. We conclude that intraindustry trade between different networks is determined by the relative size of networks and technological differences, and that a network will not have an incentive to expand indefi- nitely, despite network externalities.
JEL-codes: F12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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