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Contractual Frictions and Global Sourcing

Antras, Pol; Helpman, Elhanan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

We generalize the Antràs and Helpman (2004) model of the international organization of production in order to accommodate varying degrees of contractual frictions. In particular, we allow the degree of contractibility to vary across inputs and countries. A continuum of firms with heterogeneous...

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Income convergence across asian economies : an empirical exploration

Ghatak, Sunetra; De, Prabir - In: Journal of Asia Pacific business 22 (2021) 3, pp. 182-200

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A Linder Hypothesis for Foreign Direct Investment

Fajgelbaum, Pablo; Grossman, Gene; Helpman, Elhanan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

-driven and the decision to serve foreign countries via exports or FDI depends on a proximity-concentration trade-off. We … characterize the joint patterns of trade and FDI when countries differ in income distribution and size and show that FDI is more …

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North-South R&D Spillovers

Coe, David T; Helpman, Elhanan; Hoffmaister, Alexander - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

We examine the extent to which developing countries that do little, if any, research and development themselves benefit from R&D that is performed in the industrial countries. By trading with an industrial country that has large `stocks of knowledge' from its cumulative R&D activities, a...

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Export versus FDI

Helpman, Elhanan; Melitz, Marc J; Yeaple, Stephen R - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

This Paper builds a multi-country, multi-sector general equilibrium model that explains the decision of heterogeneous firms to serve foreign markets either through exports or local subsidiary sales (FDI). These modes of market access involve different relative costs, some of which are sunk while...

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Labor Market Frictions as a Source of Comparative Advantage, with Implications for Unemployment and Inequality

Helpman, Elhanan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

labor market frictions and worker heterogeneity provides a framework for studying the impact of trade on unemployment and …

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Labor Market Rigidities, Trade, and Unemployment

Helpman, Elhanan; Itskhoki, Oleg - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

We study a two-country two-sector model of international trade in which one sector produces homogeneous products while … vacancies, firing costs, and unemployment benefits. We study the interaction of labor market rigidities and trade impediments in … shaping welfare, trade flows, productivity, and unemployment. We show that both countries gain from trade but that the …

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Technology and Trade

Grossman, Gene; Helpman, Elhanan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

We review the literature on the links between technology and international trade. The older literature assumed … exogenous technologies and focused on their effects on the structure of foreign trade and on welfare. Recently much of the … effort has been on explaining technological change. As a result, we also describe the effects of foreign trade on …

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Foreign Trade and Investment: Firm-Level Perspectives

Helpman, Elhanan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

This Economica Coase Lecture reviews research that has revolutionized the field of international trade and foreign …

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The Structure of Foreign Trade

Helpman, Elhanan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

During the last two decades new research has greatly advanced our understanding of the structure of world trade. This … foreign trade the discussion is in two parts. One part examines the links between factor endowments and trade flows. New … across countries. A second part examines determinants of the volume of trade, the share of intra-industry trade and evidence …

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