From production networks to geographical economics
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From production networks to geographical economics
Although standard economics textbooks are seldom interested in production networks, modern economies are more and more based upon suppliers/customers 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 sh...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0167-2681
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2006.06.018