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Chapter 2. Multinational Firms and the Structure of International Trade
Antràs, Pol; Yeaple, Stephen R. - In: Handbook of international economics : Volume 4, (pp. 55-130). 2014
This chapter reviews the state of the international trade literature on multinational firms. This literature addresses three main questions. First, why do some firms operate in more than one country while others do not? Second, what determines in which countries production facilities are...
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Interdependent product cycles for globally sourced intermediates
Van Biesebroeck, Johannes; Zhang, Lijun - In: Journal of International Economics 94 (2014) 1, pp. 143-156
from a low-wage country. Offshoring an intermediate is only profitable when it has matured sufficiently and the savings in … for parts that are only exported later, consistent with offshoring becoming gradually more difficult. …
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Global sourcing of complex production processes
Schwarz, Christian; Suedekum, Jens - In: Journal of International Economics 93 (2014) 1, pp. 123-139
We develop a theory of a firm in an incomplete contracts environment which decides on the complexity, the organization, and the global scale of its production process. Specifically, the firm decides i) how many intermediate inputs are simultaneously combined to a final product, ii) if the...
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Literature Overview - Labor Market Effects of Trade and FDI – Recent Advances and Research Gaps
Pflüger, Michael; Blien, Uwe; Möller, Joachim; … - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 233 (2013) 1, pp. 86-116
The last decade has been shaped by dramatic developments in international trade, international investment and production, both in terms of the scale of events and in terms of their qualitative nature. Intriguing questions have been thrown up concerning the labor market impact of these...
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Trade in Business Services in General Equilibrium
Markusen, James R.; Strand, Bridget - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
Trade in business services has been attracting attention from academic researchers, policy makers, and business journalists. While there are many anecdotes, there has been little in the way of formal theory applied to this issue. In this paper, we adapt a general model of fragmentation of...
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Organizations and Trade
Antràs, Pol; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
We survey an emerging literature at the intersection of organizational economics and international trade. We argue that a proper modelling of the organizational aspects of production provides valuable insights on the aggregate workings of the world economy. In reviewing the literature, we...
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Trade in Intermediate Goods and Services
Miroudot, Sébastien; Lanz, Rainer; Ragoussis, Alexandros - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2009
This study analyses trade flows in intermediate goods and services among OECD countries and with their main trading partners. Combining trade data and input-output tables, bilateral trade in intermediate goods and services is estimated according to the industry of origin and the using industry...
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Organizations and Trade
Antràs, Pol; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban - In: Annual Review of Economics 1 (2009) 1, pp. 43-64
We survey an emerging literature at the intersection of organizational economics and international trade. We argue that a proper modeling of the organizational aspects of production provides valuable insights on the aggregate workings of the world economy. In reviewing the literature, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008765256
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The asymmetric effects of tariffs on intra-firm trade and offshoring decisions
Díez, Federico J. - In: Journal of International Economics 93 (2014) 1, pp. 76-91
–South theoretical framework, I show that higher Northern tariffs reduce the incentives for outsourcing and offshoring, while higher … Southern tariffs have the opposite effects. I also show that increased offshoring and outsourcing imply a decrease in the ratio …
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Choosing multiple offshoring strategies: Determinants and complementarity
Cho, Janghee; Chun, Hyunbae; Hur, Jung - In: Journal of the Japanese and International Economies 34 (2014) C, pp. 42-57
In contrast to the existing offshoring literature that typically views foreign outsourcing and integration as … alternative strategies, the simultaneous use of these two offshoring strategies by multinational firms becomes common practice in … outsourcing and insourcing strategies. Analyzing Korean firm-level data, we find a possible complementarity between the two …
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