THE OPTIMAL DISTANCE TO PORT FOR EXPORTING FIRMS*
研究了出口导向型企业距离港口的最优选址问题，通过理论模型和实证证据解释了企业如何在国内选择距离港口的距离以最大化贸易成功。
ABSTRACT Success in international trade depends, among other things, on distance from markets. Most new economic geography models focus on the distance between countries. In contrast, much less theorizing and empirical analysis have focused on how distances within a country—for instance, due to the location behavior of exporting firms—matter to international trade. In this paper, we contribute to the literature on the latter by offering a theoretical model to explain the optimal distance that an export‐oriented firm would locate from a port. We present empirical evidence in support of the model.