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Internalizing Global Value Chains : A Firm-Level Analysis
Alfaro, Laura - 2015
In recent decades, advances in information and communication technology and falling trade barriers have led firms to retain within their boundaries and in their domestic economies only a subset of their production stages. A key decision facing firms worldwide is the extent of control to exert...
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Outsourcing when Investments are Specific and Complementary
Lileeva, Alla - 2008
Using the universe of large Canadian manufacturing firms in 1988 and 1996, we investigate to what extent outsourcing … outsourcing less likely; (ii) complementarities between the investments of the buyer and the seller are also associated with less … outsourcing; (iii) property rights predictions on the link between investment intensities and optimal ownership are only supported …
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Outsourcing Tariff Evasion : A New Explanation for Entrepot Trade
Fisman, Raymond - 2007
Traditional explanations for indirect trade through an entrepot have focused on savings in transport costs and on the role of specialized agents in processing and distribution. We provide an alternative perspective based on the possibility that entrepots may facilitate tariff evasion. Using data...
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