Outsourcing Economics has a double meaning. First, it is a book about the economics of
outsourcing. Second, it examines the way that economists have understood globalization as …

The Great Trade Collapse is one of the most striking features of the recent global financial
crisis, with the ongoing recovery still driving a wedge between output and trade. Apart from …

We argue in this paper that differences in corporate taxes between economies stimulate
vertical integration of final goods producers and suppliers of intermediate goods causing …

We analyze the optimal procurement of labor, which can be supplied either internally, based
on wage negotiations, or acquired at terms negotiated with an external subcontractor. The …

We show that if a firm can subcontract production to an informal sector, an increase in union
power may either increase or decrease innovation. An increase in union power makes the …

Bargaining sequences, though vital to the real-world business strategies, are often treated
as exogenously given. We examine bargaining sequences in the setting where a …

We develop an oligopoly model in which firms facing unionised domestic labour markets
choose between producing an intermediate good in-house and outsourcing it to a non …

We analyse the pattern of R&D network formation when wages are the outcome of a
strategic bargain between each firm and its labour union. Within a three% firm industry, we …

본 연구는 2008 년 금융위기 전후로 글로벌 스케일에서 도시 네트워크 구조의 변화와 네트워크
내 도시의 위치성 변화를 분석함으로써 세계경제의 공간조직 변화를 이해하고 위치성과 …

In this paper we test for the hold&up problem by considering the effect of unionsobargain&
ing power on the rate of growth of investment per worker and labour productivity across …