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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 decision. Firms global sourcing decision may rather depend on other …
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CSR, Contracting and Socially Responsible Investment : Opportunities for Pakistani Firms
Janda, Richard; Wilson, Joseph - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
The purpose of our paper is to explore two ways in which Pakistani firms can take advantage of the growing corporate social responsibility movement so as to improve their own economic performance. First, the presence of MNCs in Pakistan, the vast majority of which have made significant CSR...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363847
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International Price Dispersion and Market Segmentation in Japan and the United States : Theory and Empirics
Fung, K.C.; Garcia-Herrero, Alicia; Ng, Francis - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013
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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MNEs and Export Spillovers : An Analysis of Indian Manufacturing Industries
Franco, Chiara; Sasidharan, Subash - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
In the present study, we try to provide some empirical evidence for the export spillover effect examining the case of an emerging economy, namely India using firm level data for the period 1994-2006. We disentangle different spillover channels, namely export spillover, R&D spillover and wage...
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Trading with Asia’s Giants
Bosworth, Barry; Collins, Susan M.; Flaaen, Aaron - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
The United States large and sustained trade deficit with Asia raises concerns in the United States about its competitiveness in the region. The purpose of this paper is to examine the patterns of U.S. trade relationships with China and India, and the factors that are influencing their evolution....
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SINGAPORE’S DIRECT INVESTMENT IN SRI LANKA : PAST EXPERIENCE AND FUTURE PROSPECTS
Abeysinghe, Tilak; Jayawickrama, Ananda - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
Apart from aggregate accounting of Singapores investment abroad, case studies on the performance of these investments in individual countries hardly exist. This paper is an attempt to compile such a study by focusing on Singapores investment in Sri Lanka. Singapore is one of the largest foreign...
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Graduating to Globalisation : A Study of Southern Multinationals
Demirbas, Dilek; Patnaik, Ila; Shah, Ajay - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
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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China and India - A Tale of Two Trade Integration Approaches
Kowalski, Przemyslaw - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
The comparison of the key features of trade integration processes and the economic outcomes in China and India reveals that while much has already been achieved in both these economies, the Chinese reforms, especially with respect to manufacturing trade, have gone further and that this is likely...
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Expansion Abroad and Jobs at Home - Evidence from Japanese Multinational Enterprises
Yamashita, Nobuaki; Fukao, Kyoji - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
This paper examines the exporting job hypothesis that expansion of overseas operations of manufacturing multinational enterprises (MNEs) reduces home employment using data for Japanese MNEs. While the existing studies are mainly based on the industry level data, this paper presents the evidence...
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Impact of Services Trade Liberalization on Employment and People Movement in South Asia
Chanda, Rupa - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
Services have been a key driver of overall economic growth in South Asia since the 1990s. This paper examines how the growth of services output, trade and investment have affected service sector employment in South Asia and the extent to which countries in this region are proactively undertaking...
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