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 …

This paper examines the impact of North-South trade-related technology diffusion on TFP growth in small and large … states in the South. The main findings are: i) TFP growth increases with North-South trade-related technology diffusion, with …

The slave trades out of Africa represent one of the most significant forced migration experiences in history. In this … paper I illustrate their long-term consequences. I first consider the influence of the slave trade on the "sending … consequences of the slave trade on the "receiving" countries in the Americas. Here I distinguish between the case of Latin America …

The slave trades out of Africa represent one of the most significant forced migration experiences in history. In this … paper I illustrate their long-term consequences. I first consider the influence of the slave trade on the "sending … consequences of the slave trade on the "receiving" countries in the Americas. Here I distinguish between the case of Latin America …

and land area which plays a dominant role in trade within the region and in the regional governance. The regional power …

relationship between trade, FDI and labor markets. We do so under thefollowing (not mutually exclusive) headings: (1) slicing … empirical work covering the labor market effects of trade and FDI. Finally,we identify and summarize the existing research gaps …

direct investment (FDI) is to savethe trade cost or to get the advantage of cheap labor. We show that, if the reason forFDI … productivity of the foreign firm alwaysincreases (may reduce) host-country welfare if the reason for FDI is to save tradecost …, while the trade cost implies transportation cost (tariff)... …