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Global sourcing : towards an empirical test of the hold-up model ; conference paper

Kohler, Wilhelm; Smolka, Marcel - 2013

We use Spanish firm-level data to test the hold-up model of global sourcing proposed by Antr s & Helpman (2004). We propose a novel representation of the model which guides us in bringing the theory to the data. We estimate a discrete choice model of firms' sourcing behavior, separately for the...

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Trading tasks : a dynamic theory of offshoring ; conference paper

Benz, Sebastian - 2013

This paper is a dynamic extension of the well-known theory of trade in tasks. In my model, a firm's offshoring decision … reduces the level of offshoring compared to a static optimization and that adjustment of offshoring volume with respect to … changes in offshoring costs or labor endowment is characterized by overshooting and subsequent movement toward a steady state …

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Trade in tasks and the organization of firms : conference paper

Marin, Dalia; Schymik, Jan; Tarasov, Alexander - 2014 - Preliminary and incomplete draft

reorganize to more decentralized management improving competitiveness of offshoring firms. We show further that offshoring of … level of decentralization and CEO wages of offshoring firms. In sufficiently open economies, however, managerial offshoring …

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Organizational decisions in multistage production processes : conference paper

Nowak, Verena Nina - 2014 - Very preliminary

To explain organizational decisions in multistage production processes we assume a production process with one producer and two suppliers of which one is the firm's direct supplier and the other one is the supplier of the supplier. The firm decides only on the organizational form of her direct...

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Régionalisation économique en Asie et en Europe : signification théorique ; Ve Conférence Franco-Japonaise d'Economie 25 - 26 octobre 1995, Université de Waseda

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Special issue: Relocation of production and jobs to Central and Eastern Europe : who gains and who loses?

Landesmann, Michael (contributor); … - 2008

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Cross-border price effects of mergers and acquisitions : a quantitative framework for competition policy ; conference paper

Breinlich, Holger; Nocke, Volker; Schutz, Nicolas - 2013

Decisions of national competition authorities have important effects on other jurisdictions. We provide a framework to quantify the domestic and cross-border effects of mergers, and to draw conclusions for the coordination of national merger policies. We develop a two-country model with many...

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From the loser to the winner : how trade liberalization can lead to leapfrogging between countries ; conference paper

Rutzer, Christian - 2014

How shifts in the economic leadership between countries can occur has been widely debated not only since the recent catch up of China in several sectors. However, there is no adequate theoretical model analyzing this question in the light of trade liberalization. This paper is the first one to...

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Skills, tasks and the scarcity of talent in a global economy : conference paper

Koch, Michael - 2014

This paper sets up a heterogeneous firms model, where production consists of a continuum of tasks that differ in complexity. Firms hire low-skilled and high-skilled workers to perform these tasks. How firms assign workers to tasks depends on factor prices for the two skill types and the...

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Green cities? : urbanization, trade and the environment : conference paper

Borck, Rainald; Pflüger, Michael - 2013 - Preliminary and incomplete, March 1, 2013

We study environmental pollution in an economic geography framework with two cities, where pollution arises from commuting within cities, goods transport between cities, production of manufacturing and agricultural goods, and residential energy use. We find that city size has an ambiguous effect...

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