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Grossman-Hart (1986) Goes Global: Incomplete Contracts, Property Rights, and the International Organization of Production

Antràs, Pol - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

I survey the influence of Grossman and Hart's (1986) seminal paper in the field of International Trade. I discuss the implementation of the theory in open-economy environments and its implications for the international organization of production and the structure of international trade flows. I...

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Productivity, Relationship-Specific Inputs and the Sourcing Modes of Multinationals

Defever, Fabrice; Toubal, Farid - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We investigate the roles of productivity and the specificity of inputs for the international sourcing strategy of firms which are part of a multinational network. We present a framework in which firms decide to import from a foreign independent supplier or from their related party abroad...

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Physical Capital, Knowledge Capital and the Choice Between FDI and Outsourcing

Chen, Yongmin; Horstmann, Ignatius J; Markusen, James R. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

There exist two approaches in the literature concerning the multinational firm's mode choice for foreign production between an owned subsidiary and a licensing contract. One approach considers environments where the firm is transferring primarily knowledge-based assets. An important assumption...

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From Learning to Partnership. Multinational R&D Cooperation in Developing Countries

Barba Navaretti, Giorgio; Carraro, Carlo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

This paper is a first attempt to analyse the determinants of inter-firm R&D agreements between advanced and developing countries, i.e. between firms with asymmetric endowments of knowledge. It shows that international dispersion of R&D activity by multinationals also concerns developing...

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Organizations and Trade

Antràs, Pol; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

We survey an emerging literature at the intersection of organizational economics and international trade. We argue that a proper modelling of the organizational aspects of production provides valuable insights on the aggregate workings of the world economy. In reviewing the literature, we...

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Factoryless Goods Producers in the US

Bernard, Andrew B.; Fort, Teresa C - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

This paper documents the extent and characteristics of plants and firms in the US that are outside the manufacturing sector according to official government statistics but nonetheless are heavily involved in activities related to the production of manufactured goods. Using new data on...

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Trade in Business Services in General Equilibrium

Markusen, James R.; Strand, Bridget - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Trade in business services has been attracting attention from academic researchers, policy makers, and business journalists. While there are many anecdotes, there has been little in the way of formal theory applied to this issue. In this paper, we adapt a general model of fragmentation of...

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Vertical Integration and Technology: Theory and Evidence

Acemoglu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Griffith, Rachel; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

This paper investigates the determinants of vertical integration. We first derive a number of predictions regarding the relationship between technology intensity and vertical integration from a simple incomplete contracts model. Then, we investigate these predictions using plant-level data for...

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Outsourcing, Complementary Innovations and Growth

Naghavi, Alireza; Ottaviano, Gianmarco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

the presence of search friction and incomplete outsourcing contracts, we show that the ex-post bargaining power of … a tension between the static and dynamic effects of outsourcing. The reason is that firms make their organizational … choices weighting the higher searching and contracting costs of outsourcing against the higher entry and foregone …

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Outsourcing, Unemployment and Welfare Policy

Keuschnigg, Christian; Ribi, Evelyn - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Outsourcing of labour intensive activities challenges the welfare state and undermines the protection of low …

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