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Gains from Fragmentation at the Firm Level: Evidence from Japanese Multinationals in East Asia
HAYAKAWA, Kazunobu; KIMURA, Fukunari; MATSUURA, Toshiyuki - Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) - 2009
empirically, employing the conceptual framework of fragmentation theory and its extensions. However, the benefits of production … fragmentation at the firm level, particularly benefits deriving from different location advantages, have never been directly … benefits of fragmentation. Specifically, using Japanese firm-level data, we find that the larger the gap in the capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008631569
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Gains from Fragmentation at the Firm Level: Evidence from Japanese Multinationals in East Asia
Hayakawa, Kazunobu; Kimura, Fukunari; Matsuura, Toshiyuki - Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University - 2009
empirically, employing the conceptual framework of fragmentation theory and its extensions. However, the benefits of production … fragmentation at the firm level, particularly benefits deriving from different location advantages, have never been directly … benefits of fragmentation. Specifically, using Japanese firm-level data, we find that the larger the gap in the capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008495548
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Production Networks in East Asia: What We Know So Far
Kimura, Fukunari; Obashi, Ayako - Asian Development Bank Institute, Asian Development Bank - 2011
Production networks in East Asia, particularly in the manufacturing and machinery industries, are well recognized as the most advanced in the world, in terms of their magnitude, extensiveness, and sophistication. This paper tries to link various economic studies on related topics, to see how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009367163
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Trade in Intermediate Goods and Services
Miroudot, Sébastien; Lanz, Rainer; Ragoussis, Alexandros - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2009
This study analyses trade flows in intermediate goods and services among OECD countries and with their main trading partners. Combining trade data and input-output tables, bilateral trade in intermediate goods and services is estimated according to the industry of origin and the using industry...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008522021
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The emerging production networks in Mekong region
Taguchi, Hiroyuki; Matsushima, Daisuke; Hayakawa, Kazunobu - In: International Journal of Trade and Global Markets 7 (2014) 1, pp. 18-35
This paper set out to examine the recent evolution of the production networks through the fragmentation in the Mekong … follows. First, the fragmentation momentum in the Mekong region within ASEAN could be identified from the rise in intra …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010735657
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Different Types of Firms, Products, and Directions of Trade: The Case of the People’s Republic of China
Lee, Hyun-Hoon; PARK, DONGHYUN; Wang, Jing - Office of Regional Economic Integration, Asian … - 2012
Using highly disaggregated, Harmonized System (HS) 8-digit, product-category level data collected by the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) Customs Office for 2000 and 2008, we perform an in-depth anatomy of the PRC's trade in manufactured goods. First, we distinguish between foreign firms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010992318
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Different types of firms, different types of products, and their dynamics: An anatomy of China's imports
Lee, Hyun-Hoon; Park, Donghyun; Wang, Jing - In: China Economic Review 25 (2013) C, pp. 62-77
Using highly disaggregated HS 8-digit product-category level data collected by the Chinese Customs Office for 2000 and 2008, we perform an in-depth anatomy of China's imports of manufactured goods. We estimate both the extensive margins – number of products imported per product group or trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010665001
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Cross-Border and Foreign-Affiliate Sales of Services: Evidence From German Micro-Data
Kelle, Markus; Kleinert, Jörn; Raff, Horst; Toubal, Farid - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012
We merge German balance-of-payments and foreign-affiliate-trade statistics to obtain data about trade in commercial services at the firm level. We use these data to study export market participation and the choice of export mode: cross-border versus foreign affiliate sales. We find that for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886940
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Firm Heterogeneity, Industry Characteristics and Types of FDI: The Case of German FDI in the Czech Republic
Görg, Holger; Mühlen, Henning; Nunnenkamp, Peter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009
In addition to firm and industry characteristics, the heterogeneity of foreign direct investment (FDI) has to be taken into account when analyzing the determinants of outward FDI. We combine two firm-specific datasets on German firms with subsidiaries and joint ventures in the Czech Republic,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005017498
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Cross-Border and Foreign-Affiliate Sales of Services: Evidence from German Micro-Data
Kelle, Markus; Kleinert, Jörn; Raff, Horst; Toubal, Farid - CESifo - 2012
We merge German balance-of-payments and foreign-affiliate-trade statistics to obtain data about trade in commercial services at the firm level. We use these data to study export market participation and the choice of export mode: cross-border versus foreign affiliate sales. We find that for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010547900