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. The second chapter provides a theory of offshoring under imitation risk that explains optimal dynamic adjustments of firms … Faktorausstattung zweier Länder basiert. Das zweite Kapitel liefert eine Theorie zu Offshoring unter Imitationsrisiko. Diese Theorie … chapter compares the impact of international trade in intermediate inputs (offshoring) on wage inequality in two distinct but …
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. The second chapter provides a theory of offshoring under imitation risk that explains optimal dynamic adjustments of firms … chapter compares the impact of international trade in intermediate inputs (offshoring) on wage inequality in two distinct but … similar frameworks. In the first framework the profitability of offshoring is based on increasing returns to scale on the task …
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Integrated ownership is often seen as a way to foster specific investments. However, even in integrated firms, managers invest to maximize their compensation, which is chiefly driven by divisional income. Thus it is not clear that integration has any effect on investments in a world of...
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Using firm and industry data, we establish two facts: (i) Uncertainty about demand conditions not only reduces export sales and exporting probabilities but also makes exports less sensitive to trade policy; (ii) the most productive exporters are more affected by higher industry-wide expenditure...
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We develop a theoretical framework to explain firms' offshoring decisions in the presence of uncertainty. This model … sharp prediction of the prevalence of offshoring in a given industry: The propensity of firms to source intermediate inputs … particularly pronounced in industries with higher volatility. Combining industry-level data on the U.S. offshoring intensity with …
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We develop a theoretical framework to explain firms' offshoring decisions in the presence of uncertainty. This model … sharp prediction of the prevalence of offshoring in a given industry: The propensity of firms to source intermediate inputs … particularly pronounced in industries with higher volatility. Combining industry-level data on the U.S. offshoring intensity with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012910629
Risks management studies in the agri-food sector predominately focus on the technical methods and the capability to perceive, prevent, mitigate, and recover from diverse risks. In most economic publications the risks are usually studied as other commodity regulated by the market supply and...
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contract have emerged first in markets, and that the common law, and the theory of contract, then play catch-up. Between the … by providing a theory that can guide courts in developing case law that addresses current forms of innovation This …
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Input transactions in the petrochemical industry are often subject to temporal specificity. That is, non-performance in quantity, such as delaying delivery, is highly costly to producers and can be an effective holdup strategy. In the 1970s, two oil price shocks induced high price volatility in...
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I develop a theory of risk diversification through geography. In a general equilibrium trade model with monopolistic …
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