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The Economic Impact of Globalization in Asia-Pacific - The Case of The Flying Geese

Ljungwall, Christer; Ãƒ–rjan Sjöberg - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005

In Pacific Asia, globalization has resulted in rapidly growing international flows of goods, portfolio capital, and direct investments. At the same time, several countries shift from a command to market economy. Against this background, we analyze the perhaps most popular model used to depict...

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Unpacking Sources of Comparative Advantage : A Quantitative Approach

Chor, Davin - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008

This paper develops an approach for quantifying the importance of different sources of comparative advantage for country welfare. To explain patterns of specialization, I present a multi-country trade model that extends Eaton and Kortum (2002) to predict industry trade ows. In this framework,...

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Asian Economic Integration ASEAN+3+1 or ASEAN+1s?

Batra, Amita - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006

In this paper an attempt is made to evaluate the most efficient approach to regional economic integration in Asia. For the purpose, Asia is defined as inclusive of ASEAN, the plus three economies of China, Japan, Korea and India that is the ASEAN plus four. Given that ASEAN is an existing...

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Can Horticulture be a Success Story For India?

Mittal, Surabhi - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007

India is the second largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world after China. Since the 1980s, the international trade in fruits and vegetables has expanded rapidly. The number of commodities as well as the number of varieties produced and traded have increased manifold during the past...

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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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