We study the determinants of the location of sub-contracted activity in a general equilibrium model of outsourcing and … trade. We model outsourcing as an activity that requires search for a partner and relationship-specific investments that are … governed by incomplete contracts. The extent of international outsourcing depends inter alia on the thickness of the domestic …

We study the determinants of the extent of outsourcing and of direct foreign investment in an industry in which …

-South theoretical framework, I show that higher Northern tariffs reduce the incentives for outsourcing and offshoring, while higher … Southern tariffs have the opposite effects. I also show that increased offshoring and outsourcing imply an increase in the …. -- Intra-firm trade ; offshoring ; outsourcing tariffs …

We critically consider the conventional belief that the attractiveness of international outsourcing lies in cheaper … firms facing unionised domestic labour market choose between producing an intermediate in-house or outsourcing it to a non …-unionised foreign supplier that makes a relationship specific investment in developing the intermediate. We show that outsourcing …

engage in what we call ‘outsourcing industrialization'. In this paper, we argue that the widely used concept of the value …