reduce the relative prevalence of FDI or foreign outsourcing. The impact on the composition of offshoring depends on whether … supplier locations, and then study the effects of changes in the quality of contractual institutions on the relative prevalence … of these organizational forms. Better contracting institutions in the South raise the prevalence of offshoring, but may …

particularly attractive locations to offshore? In thispaper we address these questions with a theory of international production … host-country management skills (middlemanagement) in bringing about the emergence of international offshoring. Byshielding … positive effect of middle skills on offshoring is weaker, the moreadvanced are communication technologies in the host country …

The rise of offshoring of intermediate inputs raises important questions for commercial policy. Do the distinguishing … features of offshoring introduce novel reasons for trade policy intervention? Does offshoring create new problems of global … perform in a world where offshoring is prevalent? In this paper we provide answers to these questions, and thereby initiate …