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Supplier Search and Rematching in Global Sourcing - Theory and Evidence from China
Defever, Fabrice; Fischer, Christian; Suedekum, Jens - 2017
In this paper, we consider a dynamic search-and-matching problem of a firm with its intermediate input supplier. In our model, a headquarter currently matched with a supplier, has an interest to find and collaborate with a more efficient partner. However, supplier switching through search and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011777613
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Trade Liberalization, Input Intermediaries and Firm Productivity: Evidence from China
Defever, Fabrice; Imbruno, Michele; Kneller, Richard - 2019
We investigate theoretically and empirically the role of wholesalers in mediating the productivity effects of trade … liberalization. Intermediaries provide indirect access to foreign produced inputs. The productivity effects of input tariff cuts on … firms experience productivity gains from reducing input tariffs if trade intermediation of foreign inputs within their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012179786
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Trade Liberalization, Input Intermediaries and Firm Productivity : Evidence from China
Defever, Fabrice - 2019
We investigate theoretically and empirically the role of wholesalers in mediating the productivity effects of trade … liberalization. Intermediaries provide indirect access to foreign produced inputs. The productivity effects of input tariff cuts on … firms experience productivity gains from reducing input tariffs if trade intermediation of foreign inputs within their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012857766