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Fiscal Federalism and Public Service Provision in Canada
Tremblay, Jean-FranÃffois - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
This paper provides a general overview of the allocation of revenues and expenditures across levels of governments in Canada and discusses how public services in specific areas are financed and delivered. In doing so, the paper draws attention to a number of important characteristics of the...
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Governance in India’s Public Transport Systems - Comparing Indian Railways and Airlines
Goyal, Ashima - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
The paper examines the basic reasons and feasible remedies for organizational weakness, and the possible contribution of ownership, industry and management structure, leadership, social norms, and institutional incentives to alleviating the weaknesses in the Indian context. The arguments are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363763
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INFORMAL WAGE AND FORMAL SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY : THEORY AND EVIDENCES FROM INDIA
Maiti, Dibyendu; Marjit, Sugata - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
We express a doubt on the conventional wisdom namely, of a positive relationship between wage and productivity, of a formal sector firm in a developing economy where the firm can either go for subcontracting to the informal sector to minimize wage cost along with apprehension of extra-legal cost...
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Firm Heterogeneity in the Choice of Offshoring : Evidence from Korean Manufacturing Firms
Hyun, Hea-Jung - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
Using firm-level data on offshoring of Korean manufacturers, the paper examines the relationship between firm heterogeneity and the probability of adopting offshoring. The results of the paper suggest that firm productivity may not be an important determinant for Korean firms offshoring...
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Demographic Complementarities and Outsourcing : Implications and Challenges for India
Asher, Mukul G.; Nandy, Amarendu - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
This paper analyses the implications of differing global demographic trends for Indias competitiveness in outsourcing … growth rate and occupy all segments of global outsourcing and offshoring activities. India has used the labor cost advantage …
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Has Liberalization Strengthened the Link between Services and Manufacturing?
Pasadilla, Gloria O.; Liao, Christine Marie M. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
integrated manufacturing firms in developed economies and, at the same time, to an increase in outsourcing of these same services …
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Vertical Integration Versus Outsourcing in Industry Equilibrium
Wang, Bin - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
We study the determinants of the extent of in-house vertical integration and of outsourcing in foreign countries …
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The Economics of Outsourcing in a De-integrating Industry
Ghani, Jawaid Abdul; Rana, Arif Iqbal - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
Many large firms in low scale economy industries are actively considering outsourcing options, in the face of … competition from smaller more efficient players. Based on a review of the theoretical literature and a case-study of outsourcing … for outsourcing be evaluated in terms of level of proprietary knowledge, economies of scale, inefficiencies of vertical …
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A Short-Run Analysis of Exchange Rates and International Trade with an Application to Australia, New Zealand, and Japan
Anson, José; Boffa, Mauro; Helble, Matthias - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2014
The information and communication technology (ICT) revolution of the past 3 decades has transformed the world into an integrated marketplace. Today, producers and consumers alike are able to compare the prices of local businesses and worldwide sellers. For an increasing number of tradable goods,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010857580
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A Short-Run Analysis of Exchange Rates and International Trade with an Application to Australia, New Zealand, and Japan
Anson, José; Boffa, Mauro; Helble, Matthias - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2014
The information and communication technology (ICT) revolution of the past 3 decades has transformed the world into an integrated marketplace. Today, producers and consumers alike are able to compare the prices of local businesses and worldwide sellers. For an increasing number of tradable goods,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010857584