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International outsourcing and labour with sector-specific human capital

Kratena, Kurt (contributor) - 2006

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Market concentration and international outsourcing

Egger, Hartmut; Egger, Peter - 2001

This paper shows that market concentration is positively related to outsourcing activities in a framework of Cournot … competition with strategic outsourcing in a first stage. The theoretical priors are confirmed by rank correlation coefficients …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011492264

Distance, trade and FDI : a Hausman-Taylor SUR approach

Egger, Peter; Pfaffermayr, Michael - 2001

This paper analyzes the effects of distance as a common determinant of exports and FDI in a three factors New Trade Theory model assuming that distance affects both pure trade costs and plant set-up costs. Exports and FDI are not necessarily substitutes with respect to distance since the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011492642

Real trade costs, fragmentation and employment

Kratena, Kurt; Wüger, Michael - 2001

partly imported intermediates (= outsourcing or fragmentation) (ii) increased employment due to higher demand caused by an …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011492007

Can green hydrogen exports contribute to regional economic development? : exploring scenarios from the Dutch-Brazilian green hydrogen corridor for the state of Ceará

Caiafa, Clara Rabelo; Pereira, Amaro Olimpio; Romijn, Henny - 2023

To meet climate change mitigation targets, an exponential increase in global green hydrogen trade is expected. Countries rich in renewable energy resources would be in a favourable position to become exporters, potentially bringing opportunities for socio-economic development. The Brazilian...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014440901

Market potential and border effects in Europe

Pfaffermayr, Michael; Huber, Peter; Wolfmayr, Yvonne - 2004

We estimate a linear approximation of the market potential function derived in geography and trade models. Using a spatial econometric estimation approach, border effects can be identified by a differential impact of neighboring regions' purchasing power, depending on whether two regions are...

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International outsourcing and the productivity of low-skilled labour in the EU

Egger, Hartmut; Egger, Peter - 2001

This paper presents first insights into the role of international outsourcing on the productivity of low …-skilled workers in EU manufacturing. Whereas in the short run international outsourcing exhibits a negative marginal effect on real … structure. The change in the outsourcing intensity since 1993 alone acounts for a long-run increase of about 3.3% in the real …

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International outsourcing and the skill-specific wage bill in Eastern Europe

Egger, Peter; Stehrer, Robert - 2001

The paper analyses the effects of international fragmentation in terms of intermediate goods trade on the dynamics of skill-specific real wage bills in manufacturing of three Central and East European countries (Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic). Both intermediate goods exports and imports of...

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Employment effects of outsourcing to low wage countries : empirical evidence for EU countries

Falk, Martin; Wolfmayr, Yvonne - 2005

This paper investigates the impact of international outsourcing on total employment using two-digit manufacturing data … for seven EU countries for the period of 1995-2000. As is common in other empirical work, international outsourcing is …

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International outsourcing and the skill-specific wage bill in Eastern Europe

Egger, Peter; Stehrer, Robert - 2001

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001590033