Using the Asian International Input-Output Table (1990, 1995, and 2000), this paper explores regional production networks and offshoring of material and service inputs in East Asia. In doing so, offshoring is measured directly from the Table, which has not been used in previous literature...

The principal objective of this paper is to ascertain whether foreign direct investment (FDI) has statistically significant effects on host countries' economic performance, such as total factor productivity. Such effects are often referred to as FDI externalities or spillover effects. This paper...

This study examines the effects of several factors indicating economic opennessimported intermediate goods, total imports, IFDI (inward foreign direct investment), and foreign ownership-on regular, irregular jobs and the ratio of irregular employment to regular employment. Findings revealed that...