This paper is a dynamic extension of the well-known theory of trade in tasks. In my model, a firm's offshoring decision is governed by production cost savings, but also considers potential imitation risk. I show that such a consideration reduces the level of offshoring compared to a static...

Estimates for ad valorem tariff equivalents of services trade restrictions for cross-border trade in six services sectors are presented in this paper. These equivalents are found to be very big in several service sectors with estimates ranging as high as 2000% when trade flows are relatively...

This volume was prepared by Sebastian Benz while he was working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in December 2013 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It includes five self-contained chapters. All chapters discuss different...

This volume was prepared by Sebastian Benz while he was working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in December 2013 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It includes five self-contained chapters. All chapters discuss different...

Die aktuellsten Entwicklungen zu ausländischen Direktinvestitionen werden im jährlichen World Investment Report der Vereinten Nationen ausführlich dargestellt. Dieser Artikel fasst die wesentlichen Entwicklungen des letzten Jahres zusammen und geht auch auf das Schwerpunkthema »Investitionen...

Am 25. März 2013 haben die EU und Japan offiziell die erste Verhandlungsrunde über mögliche bilaterale Handelsliberalisierungen begonnen. Ziel der Verhandlungen ist es, neben tarifären Handelshemmnissen auch nicht-tarifäre Schranken zwischen den zwei Ökonomien zu eliminieren und den Handel...

In this paper, we explore the role of trade in differentiated final goods as well offshoring of tasks for inequality both within and between countries. We emphasize the distinction between managerial and production labor. Production labor is assumed to be a variable input composed of tradable...