This paper proposes a model in which the removal of barriers to trade and factor mobility is associated with endogenous fragmentation of the value-added chain. Fragmentation is the outcome of cost competition - the profit-maximizing choice of cost structure by monopolistically competitive firms....

Fragmentation of the value-added-chain is modeled as the reaction of monopolistically competitive firms to the removal of barriers to trade and factor mobility in an integrated trading environment. Since fragmentation requires high-skilled labor, this form of globalization can induce labor...

En la era de la globalización, integración no solo denota apertura; implica también la red de conexiones que, con creciente intensidad, se teje entre las economías. Medir la globalización requiere, pues, prestar atención tanto a la intensidad de las relaciones como a su estructura. El...