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Trade-in-goods and trade-in-tasks : An Integrating Framework
Baldwin, Richard - 2010
Our paper integrates results from trade-in-task theory into mainstream trade theory by developing trade …
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Inequality and Trade
Mitra, Devashish - 2003
inequality. Our theory formalizes as well as modifies Linder's conjecture about the relationship between intraindustry trade and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012468607
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A 'Reciprocal Dumping' Model of International Trade
Brander, James A. - 1983
This paper develops a model in which the rivalry of oligopolistic firms serves as an independent cause of international trade. The model shows how such rivalry naturally gives rise to "dumping" of output in foreign markets, and shows that such dumping can be "reciprocal" -- that is, there may be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012477905
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Trade and Trade Policy with Differentiated Products : A Chamberlinian-Ricardian Model
Demidova, Svetlana - 2007
This paper shows that the results of Venables (1987) depend critically on the assumption that there are no fixed costs of trade. The introduction of fixed costs of exporting, while making the model more consistent with the empirical evidence, leads to the opposite conclusion that technological...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465707
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What Role for Empirics in International Trade?
Davis, Donald R. - 2001
pure theory. At one time, this might have been rationalized by the paucity of empirics in the field or its weak theoretical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470175
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Outsourcing versus FDI in Industry Equilibrium
Grossman, Gene M. - 2002
We study the determinants of the extent of outsourcing and of direct foreign investment in an industry in which producers need specialized components. Potential suppliers must make a relationship-specific investment in order to serve each prospective customer. Such investments are governed by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469406
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Outsourcing in a Global Economy
Grossman, Gene M. - 2002
We study the determinants of the location of sub-contracted activity in a general equilibrium model of outsourcing and trade. We model outsourcing as an activity that requires search for a partner and relationship-specific investments that are governed by incomplete contracts. The extent of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469987
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Do Factor Endowments Matter for North-North Trade?
Davis, Donald R. - 2001
a factor endowments theory, is instead the conduit for a great deal of this factor service trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470202
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A Unified Approach to Intra-Industry Trade and Direct Foreign Investment
Markusen, James R. - 2001
into each other. The purpose of this paper is to show how the theory of direct investment can now be integrated with the … theory of international trade in goods, and to show how the two combine to determine the pattern of trade and foreign … affiliate production. Empirical estimation gives good support to the predictions of the theory for intra-industry affiliate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470389
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Multiproduct Multinationals and Reciprocal FDI Dumping
Baldwin, Richard E. - 1998
The global pattern of foreign direct investment (FDI) is quite similar to the world trade pattern. In particular, intraindustry FDI between rich nations is almost as pervasive as intraindustry trade among rich nations. In the standard' MNC model (of Markusen, Venables, Brainard, and others), FDI...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012472322