This paper studies how firms' offshoring decisions shape a country's domestic production networks. We develop a model … foreign suppliers, due to costly communication. Triggered by foreign countries' export supply shocks, firms start offshoring … net effect of offshoring on a firm’s domestic production networks depends on the relative strength of the three effects …

firms that are consistent with stylized facts from the recent empirical literature. -- multinational firms ; outsourcing … ; intra-firm trade ; offshoring ; vertical FDI …

uncertainty by observing offshoring firms' behaviour. The model characterises a sequential offshoring equilibrium path, led by the … Colombia, we test for the determinants and timing of offshoring decisions. We also derive spatial probit structural models to … identify the firms' dynamic trade-off when they decide on the offshoring location. We find supportive evidence for the model …

faster task offshoring in sectors exposed to lower labour-market tightness. We discuss policy implications of these findings. …

While there is a consensus in the literature that offshoring has a polarising effect on the skill structure of labour … demand, little is known about its impact on the capital side. In this paper, we analyse the effect of offshoring on the …, we document that offshoring reduces the relative demand for non-ICT capital, thereby also polarising the demand for …

privatization activity appears to be outsourcing. …