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This paper focuses on the pricing behavior of Japanese and United States firms selling their identical products in New York City, Chicago, Osaka, and Tokyo. The authors utilize some simple models of international price dispersion and market segmentation that generate predictions about testable...
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This study provides a conceptual framework to explain what kinds of difficulties a late-follower will suffer from when it tries to join pre-existing International Production Networks (IPNs). We consider the total production cost minimization problem by a multinational company (MNC) in allocating...
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South and Southeast Asian economic integration via increased trade flows has been increasing significantly over the … past 2 decades, but the level of trade continues to be relatively low. This underperformance has been due to both policy …-related variables—relatively high tariff and non-tariff barriers—and high trade costs due to inefficient “hard†and â …
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This study provides a conceptual framework to explain what kinds of difficulties a late-follower will suffer from when it tries to join pre-existing International Production Networks (IPNs). We consider the total production cost minimization problem by a multinational company (MNC) in allocating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278071
South and Southeast Asian economic integration via increased trade flows has been increasing significantly over the … past 2 decades, but the level of trade continues to be relatively low. This underperformance has been due to both policy …-related variables—relatively high tariff and non-tariff barriers—and high trade costs due to inefficient “hard†and â …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278110
despite real wage rigidity. Moreover, the resulting diversification can offset the negative consequences for the trade balance …
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despite real wage rigidity. Moreover, the resulting diversification can offset the negative consequences for the trade balance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651657
This paper proposes a general empirical framework to estimate the protection-for-sale model, where the protection regime shifts according to a sector's market structure (perfectly or monopolistically competitive). We base the protection structure on Grossman and Helpman (1994) for the subset of...
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FDI by firms in developing countries is a recent phenomenon and demands a study of relationship between firm productivity and different modes of globalisation activities. This paper attempts to understand this relationship through ordered probit models, examining two key hypotheses using firm...
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This paper analyzes the welfare effects of subsidies to attract multinational corporations, in a setting where firms are heterogeneous in their productivity levels. I show that the use of a small subsidy raises welfare in the FDI host country, with the consumption gains from attracting more...
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