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Assessing regional production potential to strengthen the security of supply in strategic products
Firgo, Matthias; Gabelberger, Fabian; Reinstaller, Andreas - 2024
Recent shocks to global value chains and geopolitical tensions have reignited the debate on domestic production of strategic goods and technologies. This paper proposes an analytical framework for identifying and prioritising activities and regions for potential reshoring policies combining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014476248
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The Implications of Globalization for Firms’ Demand for Skilled and Unskilled Labor
Scheuer, Christian; Sørensen, Anders; Rosholm, Michael - 2007
This paper investigates the impact of globalization, in the sense of increasing international trade, on the demand for skills in Danish manufacturing companies. The study is based on a unique data set that enables us to develop rich measures of international outsourcing and import penetration....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142341
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Competitive position of Bangladesh and China in the global clothing export market : an analysis of revealed comparative advantage
Adnan, ATM; Khan, Ayub Nabi; Islam, Md. Shahidul - In: Trends economics and management 13 (2019) 34, pp. 9-28
Purpose of the article: The Ready-Made Garment (RMG) industry remains the most crucial segment of Bangladesh's economy besides the agricultural sector in terms of foreign currency earning via export and employment generation. Several international studies predict that Bangladesh will be the next...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012140085
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Trade balances and international competitiveness in cyber-physical, digital task-intensive, ICT capital-intensive and traditional industries
Bykova, Alexandra; Stöllinger, Roman - 2023
In this report, we analyse the international competitiveness of the EU in four industry groups over the period 1995-2018. The groups are delineated by specific factor intensities, where these intensities are assessed from digital tasks performed by labour services and ICT capital stocks. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014279977
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Assessing regional production potential to strengthen the security of supply in strategic products
Firgo, Matthias; Gabelberger, Fabian; Reinstaller, Andreas - 2024 - Draft version
Recent shocks to global value chains and geopolitical tensions have reignited the debate on domestic production of strategic goods and technologies. This paper proposes an analytical framework for identifying and prioritising activities and regions for potential reshoring policies combining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014451430
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Survival of the Best Fit: Exposure to Low-Wage Countries and the (Uneven) Growth of U.S. Manufacturing Plants
Jensen, J. Bradford; Bernard, Andrew; Schott, Peter - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 2005
This paper examines the role of international trade in the reallocation of U.S. manufacturing within and across industries from 1977 to 1997. Motivated by the factor proportions framework, we introduce a new measure of industry exposure to international trade that focuses on where imports...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005058884
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Timeliness and contract enforceability in intermediate goods trade
Gamberoni, Elisa; Lanz, Rainer; Piermartini, Roberta - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 2010
In particular, the ability to export on time is crucial to explain comparative advantage in intermediate goods. These findings underscore the importance of investing in infrastructure and fostering trade facilitation to boost a country's participation in production networks. Furthermore, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011115037
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Trade Liberalization and Location: Empirical Evidence for Mexican Manufacturing Industries
Jordaan, Jacob A.; Sanchez-Reaza, Javier - In: The Review of Regional Studies 36 (2006) 3, pp. 279-303
In this paper, we provide evidence based on New Economic Geography Models and estimate the statistical effects of second nature advantages to shed some light on the locational transformation of the manufacturing sector in Mexico. Changes in regional industry shares and regional wages during...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010547669
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Padrões de especialização comercial no Mercosul
Grimaldi, Daniel; Carneiro, Flávio; Oliveira, Luís Felipe - 2012
This paper analyses the competitiveness evolution in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay within Mercosur trade … which Brazil had revealed comparative advantage, which may mean that Brazil lost market within Mercosur in a significant … the Mercosur, member countries failed to increase the participation on trade within partners, a result that would not be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009552974
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Heterogeneous technology diffusion and ricardian trade patterns
Kerr, William R. - 2016
Migration and trade are often linked through ethnic networks boosting bilateral trade. This study uses migration to quantify the importance of Ricardian technology differences for international trade. The framework provides the first panel estimates connecting country-industry productivity and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011568775