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From production networks to geographical economics
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Abstract Although standard economics textbooks are seldom interested in production networks, modern economies are more and more based upon supplier/ customer interactions. One can consider entire sectors of the economy as generalised supply chains. We will take this view in the present paper and study under ... view more
Although standard economics textbooks are seldom interested in production networks, modern economies are more and more based upon supplier/ customer interactions. One can consider entire sectors of the economy as generalised supply chains. We will take this view in the present paper and study under which conditions local failures to produce or simply to deliver can result in avalanches of shortage and bankruptcies and in localisation of the economic activity. We will show that a large class of models exhibit scale free distributions of production and wealth among firms and that regions of high production are localised.... view less
Classification
Political Economy
Free Keywords
Networks; Supply; Credit chains; Geographical economics
Document language
English
Publication Year
2007
Page/Pages
p. 448-469
Journal
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 64 (2007) 3-4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2006.06.018
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)