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Title: Product Market Competition and the Relocation of Economic Activity: Evidence from the Supply Chain

Author(s): Chen Chen, Sudipto Dasgupta, Thanh Huynh and Ying Xia

Publication Date: July 2020

Keyword(s): establishment relocation, knowledge spillover, Product Market Competition and Supply Chain

Programme Area(s): Financial Economics

Abstract: We show that increasing competition changes the location of economic activity and, in turn, affects supply chain relationships. Using establishment-level data, we find that when upstream product markets become more competitive, suppliers are more likely to relocate their establishments closer to customers. Following the supplier's relocation, its sales to the customer increase, its relationship with the customer is less likely to be terminated, and its innovation is more aligned with the customer's innovation. However, the improved relationship, by causing the supplier to engage more in innovation dedicated to the customer, adversely affects creative innovation, which is known to drive growth.

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Chen, C, Dasgupta, S, Huynh, T and Xia, Y. 2020. 'Product Market Competition and the Relocation of Economic Activity: Evidence from the Supply Chain'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=15056