Harms, Philipp; Jung, Jaewon; Lorz, Oliver - In: Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique 54 (2021) 2, pp. 623-647
We present a two-region general equilibrium model in which firms exploit international wage differences by offshoring parts of the production process. Firms have to take into account that production steps follow a strict sequence and that transporting intermediate goods across borders is costly....