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their home country only. Our study confirms former results of the literature that R&D offshoring is used by leading R …
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In this paper we present latest facts about the R&D activities of German multinational companies abroad and R&D activities of foreign companies in Germany. These results confirm that Germany is still an attractive location for R&D activites of multinational companies in many technological...
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The paper explores theoretically and empirically why trade intermediaries (TIs) are frequently used as agents for exports to some countries but not to others. We adapt a standard intra-industry trade model with variable export costs (e.g. transport) and fixed export costs (e.g. market access) to...
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Our paper contributes to the discussion about Europe’s digital sovereignty. We analyze the relationship between firm performance and the diversification of sourcing countries for imported ICT goods. The analysis is based on administrative data for 3888 German manufacturing firms that imported...
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This paper analyses how international outsourcing has affected the relative demand for low skilled workers in Germany … disentangle international outsourcing and trade in final goods more accurately. The main finding is that during the 1990s … international outsourcing had a significant negative impact on the relative demand for low-skilled workers, explaining between 19 …
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Using a gravity-type explanation of international trade flows at the industry level, it is shown that the pattern of comparative advantage in terms of sectoral export/import ratios in bilateral trade can be explained by relative income and relative per capita income. Total income of a country is...
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