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Economic integration and manufacturing concentration patterns: Evidence from Mercosur
Traistaru, Iulia; Volpe Martincus, Christian - 2003
regional bloc, Mercosur. The effects of these reforms on production structures in these countries have not received a great … patterns. The establishment of Mercosur seems to have played a role in the spatial distribution of manufacturing in the above …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301137
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Economic integration and location of manufacturing activities: Evidence from MERCOSUR
Sanguinetti, Pablo; Traistaru, Iulia; Volpe Martincus, … - 2004
on South-South agreements is rather limited. In this respect, MERCOSUR provides an interesting case study. This paper … Cone? To what extent has the establishment of MERCOSUR affected location of economic activities? Using data for the period …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301175
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Economic Integration and Location of Manufacturing Activities: Evidence from Mercosur
Sanguinetti, Pablo; Traistaru, Iulia; Martincus, … - 2004
on South-South agreements is rather limited. In this respect, MERCOSUR provides an interesting case study. This paper … Cone? To what extent has the establishment of MERCOSUR affected location of economic activities? Using data for the period … considerations. Keywords: Economic Integration, Location of Industrial Activities, MERCOSUR JEL-Classification: F14, F15, L60 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011319027
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Trade flows and trade specialisation: The case of China
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Sova, Anamaria; Sova, Robert - 2015
Using annual data for the period 1992-2012, this paper examines trade flows between China and its main trade partners in Asia, North America and Europe, and whether increasing trade has led to industrial structural adjustment and changes in China's trade patterns. The analysis is based on both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010481531
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Trade Flows and Trade Specialisation: The Case of China
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Sova, Anamaria; Sova, Robert - 2015
Using annual data for the period 1992-2012, this paper examines trade flows between China and its main trade partners in Asia, North America and Europe, and whether increasing trade has led to industrial structural adjustment and changes in China's trade patterns. The analysis is based on both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500379
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Timeliness and contract enforceability in intermediate goods trade
Gamberoni, Elisa; Lanz, Rainer; Piermartini, Roberta - 2010
In particular, the ability to export on time is crucial to explain comparative advantage in intermediate goods. These findings underscore the importance of investing in infrastructure and fostering trade facilitation to boost a country's participation in production networks. Furthermore, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326764
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Specialization within global value chains: The role of additive transport costs
Lanz, Rainer; Piermartini, Roberta - 2018
This paper studies the factors of comparative advantage within global value chains relying on a framework where comparative advantage is measured through the interaction of country and industry characteristics. We find that good institutions give a comparative advantage in the later stages of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011853329
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Assessing regional production potential to strengthen the security of supply in strategic products
Firgo, Matthias; Gabelberger, Fabian; Reinstaller, Andreas - 2024
Recent shocks to global value chains and geopolitical tensions have reignited the debate on domestic production of strategic goods and technologies. This paper proposes an analytical framework for identifying and prioritising activities and regions for potential reshoring policies combining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014476248
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The Implications of Globalization for Firms’ Demand for Skilled and Unskilled Labor
Scheuer, Christian; Sørensen, Anders; Rosholm, Michael - 2007
This paper investigates the impact of globalization, in the sense of increasing international trade, on the demand for skills in Danish manufacturing companies. The study is based on a unique data set that enables us to develop rich measures of international outsourcing and import penetration....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142341
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Measurement of globalization and its variations among countries, regions and over time
Bhandari, Amit K.; Heshmati, Almas - 2005
The process of globalization is an international economic order which has led to the progressive integration of the world economy through the pulling the barrier of trade and greater mobility of factors of production. In addition the technological innovation also provides impetus to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267513