The World Is Not Yet Flat : Transport Costs Matter!

Using micro-level commodity flow data and micro-geographic plant-level data, we construct industry-specific ad valorem trucking rate series and measures of geographic concentration to provide evidence on the relationship between transport costs and agglomeration. We find that low transport cost indu...

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Main Authors:	Behrens, Kristian, Brown, W. Mark, Bougna, Theophile
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	The MIT Press 2018
Subjects:	TRANSPORT LOGISTICS TRUCKING RATES INDUSTRIAL CONCENTRATION GEOSPATIAL ECONOMICS AD VALOREM TRANSPORT COSTS GEOGRAPHIC CONCENTRATION MANUFACTURING
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29659

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spelling	okr-10986-296592021-05-25T10:54:36Z The World Is Not Yet Flat : Transport Costs Matter! Behrens, Kristian Brown, W. Mark Bougna, Theophile TRANSPORT LOGISTICS TRUCKING RATES INDUSTRIAL CONCENTRATION GEOSPATIAL ECONOMICS AD VALOREM TRANSPORT COSTS GEOGRAPHIC CONCENTRATION MANUFACTURING Using micro-level commodity flow data and micro-geographic plant-level data, we construct industry-specific ad valorem trucking rate series and measures of geographic concentration to provide evidence on the relationship between transport costs and agglomeration. We find that low transport cost industries display significantly more geographic concentration in the cross-sectional dimension, and that falling transport costs agglomerate industries in the panel dimension. The effects are large: the fall in trucking rates between 1992 and 2008 implied a 20% increase in geographic concentration on average, all else equal. 2018-04-11T18:51:48Z 2018-04-11T18:51:48Z 2018-03-16 Journal Article Review of Economics and Statistics http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29659 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank The MIT Press Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research North America Canada United States
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spellingShingle	TRANSPORT LOGISTICS TRUCKING RATES INDUSTRIAL CONCENTRATION GEOSPATIAL ECONOMICS AD VALOREM TRANSPORT COSTS GEOGRAPHIC CONCENTRATION MANUFACTURING Behrens, Kristian Brown, W. Mark Bougna, Theophile The World Is Not Yet Flat : Transport Costs Matter!
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description	Using micro-level commodity flow data and micro-geographic plant-level data, we construct industry-specific ad valorem trucking rate series and measures of geographic concentration to provide evidence on the relationship between transport costs and agglomeration. We find that low transport cost industries display significantly more geographic concentration in the cross-sectional dimension, and that falling transport costs agglomerate industries in the panel dimension. The effects are large: the fall in trucking rates between 1992 and 2008 implied a 20% increase in geographic concentration on average, all else equal.
format	Journal Article
author	Behrens, Kristian Brown, W. Mark Bougna, Theophile
author_facet	Behrens, Kristian Brown, W. Mark Bougna, Theophile
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title	The World Is Not Yet Flat : Transport Costs Matter!
title_short	The World Is Not Yet Flat : Transport Costs Matter!
title_full	The World Is Not Yet Flat : Transport Costs Matter!
title_fullStr	The World Is Not Yet Flat : Transport Costs Matter!
title_full_unstemmed	The World Is Not Yet Flat : Transport Costs Matter!
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publisher	The MIT Press
publishDate	2018
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29659
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The World Is Not Yet Flat : Transport Costs Matter!

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