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Vertical Integration and Input Flows
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DOI：10.1257/aer.104.4.1120.png)
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We use broad-based yet detailed data from the economy's goods-producing sectors to investigate firms' ownership of production chains. It does not appear that vertical ownership is primarily used to facilitate transfers of goods along the production chain, as is often presumed: roughly one-half of upstream establishments report no shipments to downstream establishments within the same firm. We propose an alternative explanation for vertical ownership, namely that it promotes efficient intrafirm transfers of intangible inputs. We show evidence consistent with this hypothesis, including the fact that, after a change of ownership, an acquired establishment begins to resemble the acquiring firm along multiple dimensions.
Keywords:
FIRM
PRODUCTIVITY
ORGANIZATION
TRADE
OWNERSHIP
SELECTION
DYNAMICS
FAILURE
GROWTH
COSTS
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