Regional Production Adjustment to Import Competition: Evidence from the French Agro‐Industry
利用1995-2002年法国数据，研究进口增加如何导致农业食品生产在不同区域间重新配置，发现低工资区域更具吸引力，且农产品进口增加使生产从农业可达性好的区域转向可达性差的区域。
This paper evaluates the impact of increasing imports on the reallocation of agrifood production across regions within countries. From French data for the period 1995–2002, we show that regional agrifood production adjusts differently to increasing imports according to the region where the agrifood firms are located. Even though proximity to consumers is important, an increase in agrifood imports does not increase agrifood production with a high demand but makes low‐wage regions more attractive. In addition, an increase in imports of agricultural products processed by agrifood firms leads to the reallocation of agrifood production away from regions with good agricultural access and toward those with limited access to agricultural products.