Arbeitspapier

Sparse Production Networks

Firm-to-firm connections in domestic and international production networks play a fundamental role in economic outcomes. Firm heterogeneity and the sparse nature of firm-to-firm connections implicitly discipline network structure. We find that a large group of well-established statistical relationships are not useful in improving our understanding of production networks. We propose an "elementary" model for production networks based on random matching and firm heterogeneity and characterize the families of statistics and data generating processes that may raise underidentification concerns in more complex models. The elementary model is a useful benchmark in developing "instructive" statistics and informing model construction and selection.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 9964

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Neoclassical Models of Trade
Empirical Studies of Trade
Thema
firm-to-firm networks
model selection
balls-and-bins
buyer-seller matching
underidentification

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Bernard, Andrew B.
Zi, Yuan
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(wo)
Munich
(wann)
2022

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:46 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Bernard, Andrew B.
  • Zi, Yuan
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Entstanden

  • 2022

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