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Incomplete specialization and offshoring across Europe

Frensch, Richard; Hanousek, Jan; Kočenda, Evžen - 2012

Recent empirical studies have been searching for evidence on and driving forces for offshoring. Frequently, this has … competing with the role of multilateral trade resistance. Our results support evidence for offshoring activities across Europe … rest of the world. -- international trade ; gravity model ; offshoring ; panel data ; European Union …

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Uncertainty in global sourcing : learning, sequential offshoring, and selection patterns

Larch, Mario; Navarro, Leandro - 2022

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 …

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Did Chinese outward activity attenuate or aggravate the Great Recession in developing countries?

Gawellek, Bastian; Lyu, Jingjing; Süssmuth, Bernd - 2016

Using data on Chinese large-scale overseas investment and project contracts by sector, we analyze whether Chinese outward activity (COA) before the crisis worsened or alleviated the contractionary phases in developing countries. We find that, on average, COA did not increase vulnerability to the...

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Tax competition for FDI in Central-European countries

Sedmihradsky, Milan; Klazar, Stanislav - 2002

Most governments of the Central and East European countries adopted in 1990s tax measures for a support of foreign direct investments. Such measures usually include 10-year tax holidays and exemption from import duties. They are mostly accompanied by grants for building an infrastructure and...

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Margins of multinational labor substitution

Muendler, Marc-Andreas (contributor); … - 2006

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Global sourcing decisions and firm productivity : evidence from Spain

Kohler, Wilhelm; Smolka, Marcel - 2009

We investigate the link between productivity of firms and their sourcing behavior. Following Antràs & Helpman (2004) we distinguish between domestic and foreign sourcing, as well as between outsourcing and vertical integration. A firm's choice is driven by a hold-up problem caused by lack of...

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Green havens and pollution havens

Poelhekke, Steven; Ploeg, Frederick van der - 2012

We test for pollution haven effects in outward foreign direct investment (FDI) for different sectors using a comprehensive and exhaustive dataset for outward FDI from the Netherlands, one of the most environmentally stringent countries and a major source of global FDI. Our evidence suggests that...

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Global sourcing of complex production processes

Schwarz, Christian; Südekum, Jens - 2011

; intra-firm trade ; offshoring ; vertical FDI …

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Institutions and offshoring decision

Nicolini, Marcella (contributor) - 2007

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Redistributive income taxation under outsourcing and foreign direct investment

Aronsson, Thomas; Koskela, Erkki - 2010

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 ;...

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