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 … externalities can help explain the dynamic process of offshoring, where the most productive firms offshore first and the others …

recent decades as a result of increased globalization of knowledge, technologies and economies. In particular I look at the … development in a number area where similar trends are observed. The areas studied include globalization, in-sourcing and …

We analyze how globalization has affected the sectoral anatomy of regional growth in Germany over the period 1978 …

In this paper an ex-post measurable definition of globalization has been used, namely increasing trade openness and FDI … employment creation nor the decrease in within-country inequality are automatically assured by increasing trade and FDI. The …, giving raise to concentration and marginalisation phenomena; 2) increasing trade and FDI do not emerge as the main culprits …