-contained chapters. All chapters discuss different implications of the growing importance of trade in intermediate inputs. The first … chapter compares the impact of international trade in intermediate inputs (offshoring) on wage inequality in two distinct but … and estimates the importance of international trade in intermediate inputs and internationally mobile capital for the …

global economic and financial crisis brought in its wake. Weak demand in the euro area was offset by robust growth in exports …

global economic and financial crisis brought in its wake. Weak demand in the euro area was offset by robust growth in exports …

global economic and financial crisis brought in its wake. Weak demand in the euro area was offset by robust growth in exports …

global economic and financial crisis brought in its wake. Weak demand in the euro area was offset by robust growth in exports …

German regional data (NUTS 1 level) for GDP, trade, and FDI activity during the period 1976-2005. Applying various … homogeneous and heterogeneous panel data estimators to a Spatial Panel Error Correction Model (SpECM) for regional output growth … equation, the empirical results support the hypothesis of export- and FDI-led growth. We also show that for export and outward …

. I also explore trade policy implications and compare offshoring to migration …

Trade in intermediate goods as one possible link between rising trade and foreign direct investment is examined. To … explain growing intermediate goods trade, three hypotheses are brought forward: outsourcing, global sourcing and the … reason of growing trade in intermediate goods in the cross-section and the time-series framework. The evidence for …