–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 …

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 …

average wage starts out low for a new plant and increases along with labor productivity as the plant ages. As a plant … does not fall as fast as productivity does. A dynamic model of labor quality and quantity choice by plants is estimated to …

consistent with theory, both correlations are stronger when the supplying industry accounts for a large fraction of the producer …

We investigate the roles of productivity and the specificity of inputs for the international sourcing strategy of firms … transaction. The dataset also provides information to estimate the firms' productivity and their intensity in relationship …

We investigate the roles of productivity and the specificity of inputs for the international sourcing strategy of firms … transaction. The dataset also provides information to estimate the firms’ productivity and their intensity in relationship …