arm’s length. The model further implies that firms are more likely to offshore when frictions in the provision of services …

The study proves evidence of five new empirical facts on the impact of services offshoring on local labour markets …. First, services offshoring increases average employment and wages within local labour markets, much more so in the … manufacturing industry than in the services one. Second, positive effects are both on firms directly offshoring services and on non …

agriculture is likely to be smooth …

This study is the first scientific attempt to calculate the size of the informal economy in agriculture. The Multiple … higher levels of informal economy in agriculture compared to the overall economy. The impact of subsidies and farm … organizations on the development of the informal economy are two important factors for these higher values in agriculture. The …

construction sector triggered by fast rising property prices hindered France to meet world export demand vis-à-vis its products …France has seen a marked deterioration in its export performance in the last 10 years or so. Previous empirical …

at the case of France. We build a simple model that incorporates the main features of the system, such as the uniform … situation in France we find that the 'stylized facts? of the system correspond to our results. Additionally, the policies …

implications of countercyclical fiscal policy for France, Germany and the UK. The model incorporates real wage rigidity which is …