Three Essays On International Outsourcing
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Three Essays On International Outsourcing
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Author : Chu Ping Lo
language : en
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Release Date : 2005
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Three Essays On The Economics Of International Firms
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Author : Maxwell Tuuli
language : en
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Release Date : 2017
Three Essays On The Economics Of International Firms written by Maxwell Tuuli and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with categories.
"This thesis contains three distinct chapters that seek to address topics related to international trade and the organizational structure adopted by international firms. The first essay investigates the role of uncertainty in the choice of organizational structure adopted by a firm. Specifically, we study the decision to either vertically integrate or outsource production of intermediate inputs. We propose a model of incomplete contracting and unequal bargaining à la Antràs and Helpman (2004), where we incorporate demand uncertainty by assuming that firms do not know the industry demand they face before making production decisions. We find that, in the presence of demand uncertainty, firms engage more in vertical integration compared to when they know the industry demand with certainty. We also find in the theoretical model that, under uncertainty, vertical integration tendency is less strong in more capital-intensive industries. We empirically test the predictions of the model by using industry-level data from the manufacturing sector in the US and find results consistent with the implications of the model. Re-shoring, the practice of bringing manufacturing and services back to the U.S. from overseas, has become a noticeable phenomenon of some US firms especially in the past decade. In the second essay we explore the reason for this observed pattern in the US. We develop a simple theoretical model that incorporates several elements of incomplete contracts and unequal bargaining power between upstream and downstream firms. We show in this paper that an increase in bargaining power of Northern firms relative to that of their Southern contractors can trigger re-shoring if the North-South wage differential is moderate, but increases offshoring if the wage differential is very high. The third essay explores the relationship between outsourcing and the export status of firms using data from over 30 emerging and developing countries in Europe. We first develop a theoretical model that links outsourcing to the decision by firms to exportfinal output. Participating in outsourcing leads to an increase in total efficiency level of firms, which is important for export market participation. Our empirical analyses reveal that firms that engage in outsourcing are more likely to export their final output. We also find that, these firms export a higher proportion of their final output compared to firms that do not engage in outsourcing." --
Three Essays On International Trade And Economic Growth
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Author : Keong Thye Woo
language : en
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Release Date : 1999
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Three Essays In International Economics
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Author : Mine Zeynep Senses
language : en
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Release Date : 2005
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Three Essays On The Consequences Of Offshore Outsourcing
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Author : Cosimo Beverelli
language : en
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Release Date : 2009
Three Essays On The Consequences Of Offshore Outsourcing written by Cosimo Beverelli and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with categories.
We consider some of the implications of offshoring, whereby firms outsource the production of intermediate inputs abroad. We first build a model of trade in tasks. Global production disintegration arises because the tasks in which the wage gap more than offsets the offshoring costs are relocated abroad. Labor demand effects in the offshoring country's manufacturing sector depend on the interaction of trade and offshoring costs. In a three-countries extension, we show that offshoring has race-to-the-bottom effects. We then proceed to an empirical test of the main implications of the model. "Cheap" labor abroad has a relatively low effect on labor demand in countries where labor is relatively expensive; offshoring is mildly associated with firm-level employment and positively associated with firm entry. The final chapter studies optimal competition policy under offshorin, finding that globalization may create incentives to coordinate competition in product markets between Northern ans Southern countries.
Three Essays In International Economics
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Author : Christopher Johann Kurz
language : en
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Release Date : 2005
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Essays On Outsourcing And Hold Up
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Author : Ka Ho Ng
language : en
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Release Date : 2007
Essays On Outsourcing And Hold Up written by Ka Ho Ng and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with categories.
This thesis consists of three essays on topics concerning the hold-up problem and outsourcing. Chapter 1 asks whether the hold-up problem is crucial in shaping firm boundaries. I present a holdup model and prove that the under-investment problem can be solved if the surplus from an up-front investment accrues in more than one period and the investing party has a chance to terminate the flow of surplus from the investment prior to its full realization. The result suggests that hold-up need not be a major impediment to arm's length transactions. Chapter 2 develops a model that illustrates firms outsource in order to pool risk. I first analyze the sources of surplus from risk-pooling. I then explicitly study three common outsourcing contracts and evaluate their performance in terms of pooling risk under different information structures. The result suggests that risk-pooling can be one of the motives for outsourcing. However, whether outsourcing can be efficient in pooling risk depends crucially on the information structures. Chapter 3 argues that foreign competition is the main driving force for the dramatic increase in cognitive skill requirements in U.S. since the early 70s. There are theoretical arguments in support of foreign competition changing skill requirements through its effects on capital deepening. Using data from the Dictionary of Occupational Titles, we construct various weighted skills requirement measures from 1971 to 2001. We observe three empirical regularities: (1) While the average skill requirements of occupations in the U.S. economy shifted towards more cognitive skills and away from manual skills, this trend happened significantly more dramatically in the manufacturing sector than in the non-manufacturing sector. (2) Manufacturing industries that were more exposed to foreign competition accumulated more capital over time. (3) Foreign competition changes skill requirements primarily through its effect on capital deepening.
Three Essays On International Trade In China
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Author : Songhua Lin
language : en
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Release Date : 2002
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Essays On International Trade Policy And International Outsourcing
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Author : Matilde Bombardini
language : en
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Release Date : 2005
Essays On International Trade Policy And International Outsourcing written by Matilde Bombardini and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with categories.
(Cont.) The fourth chapter offers a novel perspective on the decision of firms to outsource part of their production activities and looks at the impact of individual firms' decisions on incentive of other firms to outsource. Outsourcing firms face a potential loss of product differentiation, but achieve economies of scale at the level of the intermediate good producer. Interaction among firms in a sector can lead to waves of outsourcing.
Three Essays In International Trade
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Author : Yingying Xu
language : en
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Release Date : 2008
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