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Global Sourcing of Complex Production Processes

Schwarz, Christian; Suedekum, Jens - CESifo - 2011

We develop a theory of a firm in an incomplete contracts environment which decides on its complexity, organization, and global scale. Specifically, the firm decides i) how thinly it wants to slice its production process by choosing the mass of symmetric intermediate inputs that are...

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International Outsourcing under Monopolistic Competition: Winners and Losers

Do, Viet; Long, Ngo Van - CESifo - 2007

We show that, even with flexible domestic wages, international outsourcing may worsen the welfare of the home country … and reduce the profits of all firms. If wages are rigid, outsourcing is welfare-improving if and only if the sum of the … welfare. We also extend the model to a two-period framework. Delaying outsourcing can be gainful because the fixed cost of …

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The Bazaar Effect, Unbundling of Comparative Advantage, and Migration

Kohler, Wilhelm - CESifo - 2007

equilibrium where input sub-bundles may be traded (offshoring). The model allows for several goods and two fragments, produced …. I also explore trade policy implications and compare offshoring to migration. …

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Estimating Labour Supply Elasticities Based on Cross-Country Micro Data: A Bridge Between Micro and Macro Estimates?

Jäntti, Markus; Pirttilä, Jukka; Selin, Håkan - CESifo - 2014

We utilise repeated cross sections of micro data from several countries, available from the Luxembourg Income Study, LIS, to estimate labour supply elasticities, both at the intensive and extensive margin. The benefit of the data is that it spans over four decades and includes a large number of...

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Immigration, Search, and Redistribution: A Quantitative Assessment of Native Welfare

Battisti, Michele; Felbermayr, Gabriel J.; Peri, Giovanni; … - CESifo - 2014

We study the effects of immigration on native welfare in a general equilibrium model featuring two skill types, search frictions, wage bargaining, and a redistributive welfare state. Our quantitative analysis suggests that, in all 20 countries studied, immigration attenuates the effects of...

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Tax Evasion, Welfare Fraud, and "The Broken Windows" Effect: An Experiment in Belgium, France and the Netherlands

Lefebvre, Mathieu; Pestieau, Pierre; Riedl, Arno; … - CESifo - 2011

In a series of experiments conducted in Belgium (Wallonia and Flanders), France and the Netherlands, we compare behavior regarding tax evasion and welfare dodging, with and without information about others’ behavior. Subjects have to decide between a 'registered' income, the realization of...

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Can maquila booms reduce poverty? : evidence from Honduras

De Hoyos, Rafael E. - 2008

"This paper identifies and estimates the strength of the reduction in poverty linked to improved opportunities for women in the expanding maquila sector. A simulation exercise shows that, at a given point in time, poverty in Honduras would have been 1.5 percentage points higher had the maquila...

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China - Meeting the Challenges of Offshore and Large-Scale Wind Power : Regulatory Review of Offshore Wind in Five European Countries

World Bank - 2012

The objective of this study is to review international experience in offshore wind power development and draw on the lessons learned from the experience of different countries. To date, that experience has predominantly been limited to Europe. Significantly different regulatory and physical...

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China - Meeting the Challenges of Offshore and Large-Scale Wind Power : Strategic Guidance

World Bank - 2012

In view of the escalating global problems associated with the environment, energy, and natural resources, especially the increasing sign of global climate change, wind power is receiving more and more high-level attention on a global scale, and it has reached a rapid rate of development as a...

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Offshore Wind Roadmap for the Philippines

World Bank - 2022

This roadmap provides strategic analysis of the offshore wind development potential in the Philippines, considering the opportunities and challenges under different, hypothetical growth scenarios. The goal is to provide evidence to support the Government of the Philippines in establishing...

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