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Global sourcing of complex production processes

Schwarz, Christian; Südekum, Jens - 2010

. -- multinational firms ; outsourcing ; intra-firm trade ; offshoring ; vertical FDI …

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Offshoring to a developing nation with a dual labor market

Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu; Basu, Arnab K.; Chau, Nancy H.; … - 2020

improvements in the informal sector expand both offshoring and outsourcing, and the developed nation wage must rise. When the …We present a model of offshoring of tasks to a developing nation, which is characterized by a minimum wage formal … informal sector. An improvement in the productivity in performing offshored tasks in the developing country raises offshoring …

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On trade policy preference and offshoring ties

Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu; Basu, Arnab K.; Chau, Nancy H.; … - 2022

This paper unpacks the role of the domestic content of imports as a novel source of policy interdependence along the global supply chain. We show how a rise in local contents embodied in imports can skew national trade policy preferences, and pull upstream and downstream countries in asymmetric...

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Comparative advantage and agglomeration of economic activity

Pflüger, Michael; Tabuchi, Takatoshi - 2016

The division of labor between and within countries is driven by two fundamental forces, comparative advantage and increasing returns. We set up a simple Ricardian model with a Marshallian input sharing mechanism to study their interplay. The key insight that emerges is that the interaction...

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FDI and onshore employment dynamics

Koerner, Konstantin; Moritz, Michael; Schäffler, Johannes - 2021

In this paper, we revisit questions about the onshore employment effects of firms that conduct foreign direct investment (FDI) in countries with substantially lower average wages. Our results derive from the use of rich administrative records on the universe of employees in German multinational...

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The impact of immigration on firm-level offshoring

Olney, William W.; Pozzoli, Dario - 2018

This paper studies the relationship between immigration and offshoring by examining whether an influx of foreign … of immigrants into a municipality reduces firm-level offshoring at both the extensive and intensive margins. The fact … that immigration and offshoring are substitutes has important policy implications, since restrictions on one may encourage …

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German FDI in the Czech Republic : employment effects in the home country

Schäffler, Johannes; Moritz, Michael - 2018

Do investments in the Czech Republic lead to employment growth or employment losses in the German firms involved? To address this question, a unique database about German firms with foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Czech Republic and firms without FDI in any country has been established...

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Trade policy uncertainty, offshoring, and the environment : evidence from US manufacturing establishments

Choi, Jaerim; Hyun, Jay; Kim, Gueyon; Park, Ziho - 2023

pollution haven hypothesis whereby offshoring is central to the mechanism - US manufacturers begin to source from abroad and …

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Temporary shocks and offshoring : the role of external economies and firm heterogeneity

Mitra, Devashish (contributor); Ranjan, Priya (contributor) - 2007

We construct a model of offshoring with externalities and firm heterogeneity. Due to the presence of externalities …, temporary shocks like the Y2K problem can have permanent effects, i.e., they can permanently raise the extent of offshoring in … an industry. Also, the initial advantage of a country as a potential host for outsourcing activities can create a lock in …

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Employment protection and firm relocation : theory and evidence

Dewit, Gerda; Görg, Holger; Temouri, Yama - 2018

We examine the determinants of the decision to relocate activities abroad for firms located in OECD countries. We argue that particular firm-specific features play a crucial role for the link between employment protection and relocation. Stricter employment protection laws over time in the...

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