This paper concerns public input provision as an instrument for redistribution under international outsourcing by using … the provision of public input goods in response to international outsourcing, and (ii) whether international outsourcing … justifies policy cooperation. If the public input good is substitutable for (complementary with) outsourcing in terms of the …

This paper deals with optimal income taxation under labor outsourcing and FDI. We show how the optimal income tax … response to the joint effect of outsourcing and FDI depends on whether FDI is complementary with, or substitutable for …, domestic labor. -- outsourcing ; foreign direct investment ; optimal nonlinear taxation …

multinationals, are less likely to rely on imported or internally provided services. -- international trade ; services ; off-shoring …