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Journal of Economic Theory and Econometrics
Journal of the Korean Econometric Society
Endogenous Transportation Costs in Firm's Organization Choice
Vol.36, No.4, December 2025, 1–26
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Kangsik Choi
(Pusan National University)
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Abstract
We analyze the endogenous firms' choice of organization form in the presence of endogenous freight rates, port fees with the public (or asymmetric) port ownership. We found that regardless of port ownership, one firm provides corporate incentives (i.e., U-form), and other firm provides divisional incentives (i.e., M-form). Thus, choosing U-form (resp. M-form) in the asymmetric organization for firm and producer surplus is profitable (resp. unprofitable), but for the government and consumer surplus is socially undesirable (resp. desirable). Furthermore, we present some extensions to check the robustness of the obtained results.
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Keywords
Port fee, port ownership, M-form, U-form. |
JEL classification codes
D43, F12, F13, L13, M16. |
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