Quantitative analysis of newly evolving patterns of international trade fragmentation, offshoring of activities, and vertical intra-industry trade /
Quantitative Analysis of Newly Evolving Patterns of International Trade offers a variety of perspectives on new forms and developments of international trade and related activities for Japan, the United States, China, and some other important trading countries, to develop new methods and data for me...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. :
World Scientific Pub. Co.,
c2012.
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| Series: | World Scientific studies in international economics ;
v. 18. |
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Table of Contents:
- pt. I. Fragmentation and outsourcing. ch. 1. The determinants of offshore production by multinational corporations: a comparison of Japanese and U.S. multinational corporations / Toshiyuki Matsuura, Kiyoyasu Tanaka, and Shujiro Urata. Comment / Linda Tesar. ch. 2. Does material and service offshoring improve domestic productivity? Evidence from Japanese manufacturing industries / Keiko Ito and Kiyoyasu Tanaka. Comment / Isao Kamata. ch. 3. Does firm boundary matter? The effect of offshoring on productivity of Japanese firms / Banri Ito, Eiichi Tomiura, and Ryuhei Wakasugi. Comment / Wilhelm K. Kohler. ch. 4. Global sourcing: evidence from Spanish firm-level data / Wilhelm K. Kohler and Marcel Smolka. Comment / Jagadeesh Sivadasan. ch. 5. The effects of offshoring on the composition of employment in Italy / Anna M. Falzoni and Lucia Tajoli. Comment / Kei-Mu Yi
- pt. II. Effects of trade and foreign direct investment. ch. 6. International production/distribution networks in East Asia and domestic operations: evidence from Japanese firms / Mitsuyo Ando and Fukunari Kimura. Comment / Vitor Trindade. ch. 7. Japan's exports and employment / Kozo Kiyota. Comment / Katherine Terrell. ch. 8. What determines the extensive margin of international trade? An investigation of the cross-section of U.S. imports / Peter Debaere and Shalah Mostashari. Comment / Andrei A. Levchenko. ch. 9. Modes of East Asian trade and foreign direct investment: U.S. and Japan / K. C. Fung, Hitomi Iizaka, and Alan Siu. Comment / Theresa Greaney. ch. 10. The influence of multinational exposure on private Chinese trade / Deborah L. Swenson. Comment / Lucia Tajoli. ch. 11. The effects of foreign direct investment on China's labor market / Theresa M. Greaney and Yao Li. Comment / Francesc Ortega. ch. 12. Clusters, productivity, and exports in Taiwanese manufacturing industries / Eric Y. Cho and Hideki Yamawaki. Comment / Kozo Kiyota.