An Elementary Theory of Global Supply Chains

This article develops an elementary theory of global supply chains. We consider a world economy with an arbitrary number of countries, one factor of production, a continuum of intermediate goods and one final good. Production of the final good is sequential and subject to mistakes. In the unique fre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Costinot, Arnaud (Contributor), Wang, Su (Contributor), Vogel, Jonathan (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press, 2013-12-06T17:19:10Z.
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