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We propose a theoretical framework to analyze the offshoring and reshoring decisions of firms in the age of automation. Our theory suggests that increasing productivity in automation leads to a relocation of previously offshored production back to the home economy but without improving...
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The number of bilateral and multilateral trade agreements has surged in recent years. In order to benefit from preferential tariff rates,firms must apply and comply with rules of origin requirements. This is costly and explains why preference utilization rates (PUR) are far below 100 percent. In...
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This study examines the relevant factors that determine the FTTH tariffs within the European Union (EU) zone. FTTH … use across EU countries along with the increasing deployment. However, FTTH tariffs, play an important role in the … between 2013 and 2018, we find a consistent effect of FTTH tariffs on national economic output with diminishing returns to …
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This paper sets up a model of trade, in which two countries with differing levels of technology specialize on the production of subsets of the global value chain. In the open economy equilibrium, the technologically backward country exports intermediates in exchange for imports of a homogeneous...
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effect on tariffs, a dominant operator's strategy during the study's period, 2014-2020, allowing to allocate fixed costs … across a range of services. Download Speed is positively significant to tariffs and increases broadband prices, such as a 10 …% more expensive over standalone's plans, compared to the 36% of a previous 2014 study. Incumbents charge higher tariffs …
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