Market Size Matters / Jeffrey R. Campbell, Hugo A. Hopenhayn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campbell, Jeffrey R.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Hopenhayn, Hugo A.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w9113.

NBER working paper series no. w9113

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2002.

Summary:

This paper characterizes the effects of market size on the size distribution of establishments for thirteen retail trade industries across 225 U.S. cities. In nearly every industry we examine, establishments are larger in larger cities, and in four industries the dispersion of establishment sizes depends on market size. Models of competition in which individual producers' markups do not depend on the number of producers are inconsistent with these observations. Models in which competition is tougher in larger markets can reproduce the positive effect of market size on establishments' average size.

Notes:

Print version record

August 2002.