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Effect of international activity on firm performance : trade liberalization benefits better performing firms and contributes to economic growth

Wagner, Joachim - 2014

There is evidence that better performing firms tend to enter international markets. Internationally active firms are larger, more productive, and pay higher wages than other firms in the same industry. Positive performance effects of engaging in international activity are found especially in...

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Productivity gains from offshoring : an empirical analysis for the Netherlands

Butter, Frank A. G. den; Pattipeilohy, Christiaan - 2007 - This version: 19 November 2007

A major question in the globalization debate is whether outsourcing and offshoring activities are beneficial to the … suggests that the effect of offshoring manufacturing and services on total factor productivity (TFP) is positive and larger …

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Offshoring and skill-upgrading in French manufacturing : a Heckscher-Ohlin-Melitz view

Carluccio, Juan; Cuñat, Alejandro; Fadinger, Harald; … - 2015

fixed offshoring costs. In the skill-abundant country, high-productivity firms offshore a larger range of labor … 2007, we provide empirical support for the factor proportions channel through which offshoring to labor-abundant countries …

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