chapter compares the impact of international trade in intermediate inputs (offshoring) on wage inequality in two distinct but …. The second chapter provides a theory of offshoring under imitation risk that explains optimal dynamic adjustments of firms … estimate knowledge spillovers through outsourcing relationships between German firms, measured by the number of those firms …

The paper analyses a partial equilibrium outsourcing model with Cournot competition in intermediate good production …. Final production is located in western Europe, whereas the intermediate good can be manufactured by a western (outsourcing …) or eastern European supplier (offshore outsourcing). Interregional production (factor) allocation depending on factor …

This paper contributes to Hübler (2008) who analyses a partial equilibrium model of outsourcing with Cournot … manufactured by a Western (outsourcing) or Eastern European supplier (offshore outsourcing). The paper asks the question how … regions. -- Offshoring ; outsourcing ; Cournot competition ; intermediate goods ; high-skilled ; low-skilled …