Matching and Agglomeration: Theory and Evidence From Japanese Firm‐to‐Firm Trade
匹配与集聚:来自日本企业间贸易的理论与证据
This paper shows that matching frictions and a thick market externality in firm‐to‐firm trade shape the agglomeration of economic activity. Using panel data of firm‐to‐firm trade in Japan, I demonstrate that firms gradually match with alternative suppliers following an unanticipated supplier bankruptcy, and that the rate of rematching increases in the geographic density of alternative suppliers. Motivated by these empirical findings, I develop a general equilibrium model of…