develop an endogenous growth model to study the long run consequences of offshoring with firm heterogeneity and … possibility of offshoring has favorable implications for economic growth. Yet, offshoring induced by a higher bargaining power of … the upstream division can hamper growth: while there is always a positive correlation between upstream bargaining weight …

economic growth. To accomplish this objective, we introduce trade secret and information leakage into a standard quality …-ladder growth model and study the long-run implications of improving the privacy of firms' data. We find that reducing the set of …

The paper contributes to the literature on the relation between structural changes in demand and supply and growth. We …- and meso-properties of the simulated growth patterns. In particular, we observe and explain the interactions between … technological change, firm organisation, income distribution, consumption behaviour and growth. The analysis performed on the …

production and consumption, on long run economic growth and income distribution. To accomplish with such a broad aim, we develop … of the structural conditions; we graphically show that the main determinants of endogenous economic growth and takeoff …; simplified scenarios are identified via numerical simulations, in which patterns of aggregate growth are obtained as an emerging …

lives in chains – and yet everywhere we look we see it grow and expand. What explains this apparent puzzle of ‘growth in the … midst of sabotage’? The answer, we argue, begins with the very meaning of ‘growth’. Whereas conventional political economy … equates growth with a rising standard of living, we posit that much of this growth has nothing to do with livelihood as such …

information and communication technology (ICT) on output growth. Following Yorukoglu’s (1998) vintage capital idea, in which ICT … doing effects. In terms of growth contribution we find that ICT have an impact disproportionately wide compared to the share …

manufacturing firms during the '90s, and seeks to assess the impact that subcontracting has on manufacturing firms' growth. In … particular, we investigate the relationship between labour division and firms' growth with three specific objectives: a) to … understand whether and how subcontracting may have affected firms' growth dynamics; b) to test if larger growth could be due to …

We propose an endogenous growth model with offshoring to investigate its effects on product innovation and growth in … static decision to relocate plants but not R&D. Hence, offshoring may be chosen by firms when it damages the growth rate of … is strong. It is also likely to slow growth in sectors in which contractual incompleteness gives a strong bargaining …