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Firms in product space: Adoption, growth and competition

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  • Luca Macedoni
  • John Morrow
  • Vladimir Tyazhelnikov

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Which products are potentially produced together? When demand for a product increases, which firms will supply it? Using multi-product production patterns within and across firms, we recover a continuous cost based distance between firms and unproduced products. Higher product distance implies decreasing adoption frequency. When export demand induces domestic product adoption, closer firms provide this supply. Potential costs imply measures of Revenue and Competition Potential. These predict firm sales growth, scope growth and core focus. If all firms produced all products linked by co-production, consumer welfare would increase by 10-30%.

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  • Luca Macedoni & John Morrow & Vladimir Tyazhelnikov, 2024. "Firms in product space: Adoption, growth and competition," CEP Discussion Papers dp1978, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
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    1. Macedoni, Luca, 2022. "Large multiproduct exporters across rich and poor countries: Theory and evidence," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 156(C).
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    Keywords

    multi-product firms; firm capabilities; product classification; product space; growth paths;
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    JEL classification:

    • F1 - International Economics - - Trade
    • D2 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations
    • L1 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance
    • L23 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Organization of Production
    • L25 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Performance

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