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Specialization and Diversfication in Agricultural Transformation: The Case of Rural Punjab, c.1900-1995
Kurosaki, Takashi - Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University - 2001
In this paper, the role of crop specialization and diversification in the process of agricultural transformation is empirically investigated for the case of Punjub. The analytical innovation of this paper is that changes in aggregate land productivity are structurally as-sociated with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005583490
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Comparative Output and Labour Productivity in Manufacturing for China, Japan, Korea and the United States in Circa 1935 by a Production PPP Approach
Fukao, Kyoji; Wu, Harry X.; Yuan, Tangjun - Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University - 2008
Following the standard methodology for measuring industry-of-origin or production-side PPPs, this study compares the unit values of manufacturing products in China, Japan, Korea and the US to calculate unit value ratios (UVRs) and hence estimates PPPs for individual manufacturing industries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005784005
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Asymmetric Information and Global Sourcing
Huang, Shin Chen; Lu, Chia Hui - Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University - 2009
outsourcing, can serve as a means to overcome or mitigate the problem of information asymmetry. We study the conditions under …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005256260
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FDI in Post-Production Services and Product Market Competition
Ishikawa, Jota; Morita, Hodaka; Mukunoki, Hiroshi - Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University - 2010
. We explore an international duopoly model in which a foreign firm has the option of outsourcing post-production services …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008533202
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Are Multinational Enterprises More Productive? A Test of the Selection Hypothesis
Murakami, Yukako - Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University - 2006
the domestic market, while others serve foreign markets, either through exports, overseas production, outsourcing or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005675503
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FDI in Post-Production Services and Product Market Competition
Ishikawa, Jota; Morita, Hodaka; Mukunoki, Hiroshi - Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University - 2008
Post-production services, such as sales, distribution, and maintenance, comprise a crucial element of business activity. A foreign firm faces a higher cost to perform such services than its domestic rival because of the lack of proximity to customers. We explore an international duopoly model in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005783999
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The Impact of Outsourcing on the Japanese and South Korean Labor Markets: International Outsourcing of Intermediate Inputs and Assembly in East Asia
Ahn, Sanghoon; Fukao, Kyoji; Ito, Keiko - Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University - 2008
and South Korea, this paper aims to investigate the impacts of outsourcing on different sectors of the labor market … focusing on differences in educational attainment. While outsourcing measures used in previous studies only take account of the … outsourcing of intermediate inputs, this paper, utilizing the Asian International Input-Output Tables, incorporates the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005784011