What Drives Home Market Advantage?

52 Pages Posted: 28 Sep 2015 Last revised: 23 Jun 2023

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Kerem Cosar

Stockholm School of Economics - Department of Economics; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); Bogazici University - Center for Economics and Econometrics

Paul L.E. Grieco

Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics

Shengyu Li

Durham University

Felix Tintelnot

University of Chicago Department of Economics

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Date Written: September 2015

Abstract

In the automobile industry, as in many tradable goods markets, firms usually earn their highest market share within their domestic market. The goal of this paper is to disentangle the supply- and demand-driven sources of the home market advantage. While trade costs, foreign production costs, and taste heterogeneity all matter for market outcomes, we find that a preference for home brands is the single most important driver of home market advantage - even after controlling for brand histories and dealer networks. Furthermore, we also find that consumers favor domestically producing brands regardless of the historical brand origin.

Suggested Citation

Cosar, A. Kerem and Grieco, Paul L.E. and Li, Shengyu and Tintelnot, Felix, What Drives Home Market Advantage? (September 2015). NBER Working Paper No. w21583, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2666351

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