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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363753
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277998
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651620
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The Currency of the People’s Republic of China and Production Fragmentation
Yamashita, Nobuaki - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
This paper examines how an appreciation of the currency of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)—renminbi—affects the country’s exports in the context of production fragmentation, using a panel data set of the PRC’s trade for 1992/93–2008/09. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651622
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651623
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651631
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The Currency of the People’s Republic of China and Production Fragmentation
Yamashita, Nobuaki - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
This paper examines how an appreciation of the currency of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)—renminbi—affects the country’s exports in the context of production fragmentation, using a panel data set of the PRC’s trade for 1992/93–2008/09. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651656
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Production Networks in East Asia : What We Know So Far
Kimura, Fukunari; Obashi, Ayako - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
Production networks in East Asia, particularly in the manufacturing and machinery industries, are well recognized as the most advanced in the world, in terms of their magnitude, extensiveness, and sophistication. This paper tries to link various economic studies on related topics, to see how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652196
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Production Networks in East Asia : What We Know So Far
Kimura, Fukunari; Obashi, Ayako - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
Production networks in East Asia, particularly in the manufacturing and machinery industries, are well recognized as the most advanced in the world, in terms of their magnitude, extensiveness, and sophistication. This paper tries to link various economic studies on related topics, to see how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652201