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Temporary Shocks and Offshoring: The Role of External Economies and Firm Heterogeneity
Mitra, Devashish; Ranjan, Priya - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
We construct a model of offshoring with externalities and firm heterogeneity. Due to the presence of externalities …, temporary shocks like the Y2K problem can have permanent effects, i.e., they can permanently raise the extent of offshoring in … an industry. Also, the initial advantage of a country as a potential host for outsourcing activities can create a lock in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703445
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Global sourcing of complex production processes
Schwarz, Christian; Suedekum, Jens - Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE), … - 2013
We develop a theory of a firm in an incomplete contracts environment which decides on the complexity, the organization, and the global scale of its production process. Specifically, the firm decides i) how many intermediate inputs are simultaneously combined to a final product, ii) if the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010956712
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Interdependent product cycles for globally sourced intermediates
Van Biesebroeck, Johannes; Zhang, Lijun - In: Journal of International Economics 94 (2014) 1, pp. 143-156
from a low-wage country. Offshoring an intermediate is only profitable when it has matured sufficiently and the savings in … for parts that are only exported later, consistent with offshoring becoming gradually more difficult. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010931451
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Unemployment and Welfare Consequences of International Outsourcing under Monopolistic Competition
Brecher, Richard A.; Chen, Zhiqi - Carleton University, Department of Economics - 2011
This paper challenges the conventional academic view that international outsourcing is just another form of gainful … trade. Contrary to this view, we show that labor-service outsourcing can reduce the high-wage country's welfare even when …. Outsourcing's impact on welfare is worsened by a definite loss of jobs and a possible contraction in the range of varieties …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010931954
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Global Sourcing of Complex Production Processes
Schwarz, Christian; Suedekum, Jens - CESifo - 2011
We develop a theory of a firm in an incomplete contracts environment which decides on its complexity, organization, and global scale. Specifically, the firm decides i) how thinly it wants to slice its production process by choosing the mass of symmetric intermediate inputs that are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009278130
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Global Sourcing of Complex Production Processes
Schwarz, Christian; Suedekum, Jens - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We develop a theory of a firm in an environment with incomplete contracts. The firm’s headquarter decides on the complexity, the organization, and the global scale of its production process. Specifically, it decides: i) on the mass of symmetric intermediate inputs that are part of the value...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693834
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Global sourcing of complex production processes
Schwarz, Christian; Suedekum, Jens - In: Journal of International Economics 93 (2014) 1, pp. 123-139
We develop a theory of a firm in an incomplete contracts environment which decides on the complexity, the organization, and the global scale of its production process. Specifically, the firm decides i) how many intermediate inputs are simultaneously combined to a final product, ii) if the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010776980
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On the effects of unilateral environmental policy on offshoring in multi-stage production processes
Schenker, Oliver; Koesler, Simon; Löschel, Andreas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
offshoring to unregulated jurisdictions. We first apply an analytical partial-equilibrium model of a two-stage production process …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011122573
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On the effects of unilateral environmental policy on offshoring in multi-stage production processes
Schenker, Oliver; Koesler, Simon; Löschel, Andreas - Centrum für angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung, … - 2014
offshoring to unregulated jurisdictions. We first apply an analytical partial-equilibrium model of a two-stage production process …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011124451
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Global Supply Chains and the Great Trade Collapse: Guilty or Casualty?
Escaith, Hubert - In: Theoretical and Practical Research in Economic Fields I (2010) 1, pp. 27-41
industrial production processes through outsourcing and off-shoring. The expansion of international supply chains determined the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008670460