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Corporate Social Responsibility along the Global Value Chain

Herkenhoff, Philipp; Krautheim, Sebastian; Semrau, Finn Ole - 2021

Firms are under increasing pressure to meet stakeholders' demand for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) along their global value chains. We study the incentives for and investments in CSR at different stages of the production process. We analyze a model of sequential production with...

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Role of production networks in sustaining and rebalancing Asia's growth

Thorbecke, Willem; Bhattacharyay, Biswa N. - 2012

economic growth in East Asia. Developed Asia produces technology-intensive intermediate goods and capital goods and ships them …, the ability of the rest of the world to absorb Asia's exports has decreased. Export production in some Asian countries has … facilitated by improving connectivity through increased investment in connecting infrastructure such as transport and …

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Determinants of Global Value Chain Participation : Cross-Country Evidence

Fernandes, Ana M. - 2020

The past decades witnessed big changes in international trade with the rise of global value chains. Some countries, such as China, Poland, and Vietnam rode the tide, while other countries, many in the Africa region, faltered. This paper studies the determinants of participation in global value...

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COVID-19 shocking global value chains

Eppinger, Peter S.; Felbermayr, Gabriel; Krebs, Oliver; … - 2021

In early 2020, the disease Covid-19 caused a drastic lockdown of the Chinese economy. We use a quantitative trade model with input-output linkages to gauge the effects of this adverse supply shock in China on the global economy through international trade and global value chains (GVCs). We find...

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Automation, Global Value Chains and Functional Specialization

Fontagné, Lionel Gérard; Reshef, Ariell; Santoni, Gianluca - 2023

We study how technology adoption and changes in global value chain (GVC) integration jointly affect labor shares and business function specialization in a sample of 14 manufacturing industries in 14 European countries in 1999–2011. Our main contribution is to highlight the indirect effect of...

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Decoupling Global Value Chains

Eppinger, Peter; Felbermayr, Gabriel J.; Krebs, Oliver; … - 2021

Recent disruptions to global value chains (GVCs) have raised an important question: Can decoupling from GVCs increase a country’s welfare by reducing its exposure to foreign supply shocks? We use a quantitative trade model to simulate GVCs decoupling, defined as increased barriers to global...

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Growing like China : firm performance and global production line position

Chor, Davin; Manova, Kalina; Yu, Zhihong - 2020 - Version of August, 2020

Global value chains have fundamentally transformed international trade and development in recent decades. We use matched firm-level customs and manufacturing survey data, together with Input-Output tables for China, to examine how Chinese firms position themselves in global production lines and...

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The Not-So-Generalized Effects of the Generalized System of Preferences

Ornelas, Emanuel; Ritel, Marcos - 2018

We use an empirical gravity equation approach to study how nonreciprocal trade preferences (NRTPs), enacted mainly through the Generalized System of Preferences, affect the exports of the beneficiary nations. In line with existing studies, the average trade effect stemming from nonreciprocal...

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To Comply or Not to Comply: Understanding Developing Country Supply Chain Responses to Russian Sanctions

Li, Haishi; Li, Zhi; Park, Ziho; Wang, Yulin; Wu, Jing - 2024

How do firms in neutral developing countries adjust their supply chains in response to geopolitical and economic fragmentation? Do they comply with or circumvent Western sanctions on Russia? Using comprehensive transaction-level bill of lading data from major developing countries, we study these...

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Hidden Protectionism? Evidence from Non-tariff Barriers to Trade in the United States

Grundke, Robert; Moser, Christoph - 2014

Are product standards protectionism in disguise? This paper estimates the costs of non-compliance with U.S. product standards, using a new database on U.S. import refusals from 2002 to 2012. We find that import refusals significantly decrease exports to the United States. This trade reducing...

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