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This paper investigates the impact of offshoring on export performances of French, German and Italian automotive firms …. We argue that the different offshoring strategies run by the main European automakers are responsible for the … panel data analysis and show that offshoring strongly affect exports of automotive firms. Focussing on the French and German …
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With production activity tending rapidly towards international fragmentation, this study examines the consequences for labour countries of the forms of specialisation brought about by fragmentation processes. It further addresses the risk that fragmented sectors may become excluded from greater...
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There are many dimensions to the evolving economic development model in China and the role for urbanization within it. One key component is a requirement to incorporate a wider range of service industries, especially in the nation's fast-growing cities where there is demand for knowledge and...
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By focusing on human capital investment, the Mexican Oportunidades program will influence the economic choices of the rural poor. To understand how beneficiaries may alter their behavior as a result of this intervention, this paper uses administrative data to analyze the economic activities of...
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Desestabilización y la dificultad para cumplir con la cuota de suministro de petróleo en los países de América latina y del Caribe han generado en estas economías evidentes y consuetudinarias crisis económicas que difícilmente enfrentan. Sin embargo, estos países están en la búsqueda...
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En la última década, la cooperación para el desarrollo registra la participación de los "emergentes" y otros países de renta media que asumen nuevos compromisos derivados de su creciente protagonismo internacional. Estos agentes dinamizadores de la distribución del poder convierten los...
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Recently, Asian and Latin American countries have been involved in a series of negotiations to liberalize trade and investment flows. This paper analyzes the potential impact of a Free Trade Agreement between countries of both regions, applying a world dynamic general equilibrium model (MIRAGE)....
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This paper aims at drawing lessons from Keynes's plan presented at the Bretton Woods conference, in order to help improving current regional monetary agreements in Latin America. Some promoters of the Bank of the South and the New Financial Architecture in Latin America are proposing to...
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Reducing transaction costs and the need for international reserves is a primary objective to the establishment of regional payment agreements. Another objective, especially in the case of Latin America where the Ecuadorian promoters of the Bank of the South and the New Architecture are planning...
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Cet article vise à évaluer, à partir d'un modèle de gravité en données de panel à 3 variables indicatrices régionales, l'incidence des nouveaux accords de libre-commerce signés entre pays latino-américains dans la décennie 90. Notre démarche est originale à deux titres, par le champ...
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