outsourcing by locating part of the production process abroad. Our results show that the incentive to relax the self … outsourcing. Without a direct instrument for taxing outsourcing, the government may reduce the amount of resources spent on … outsourcing by increased provision of the public input good, which is desirable in the sense that reduced outsourcing contributes …

abroad, and where outsourcing is substitutable for domestic low-ability labor. Our results show that the incentives for the … unemployment also constitutes an incentive to implement a tax on outsourcing. Without a direct instrument for taxing outsourcing …, the government may reduce the amount of resources spent on outsourcing by increased provision of the public input good …