The export-magnification effect of offshoring

Arbeitspapier

In this paper we argue that the surge in world trade over the two decades preceding the global downturn of 2008-09 can be partly explained by the export-magnification effect of offshoring. In a general equilibrium model with heterogeneous firms we show analytically that a fall in variable offshoring costs boosts trade in differentiated final goods through an intra-industry reallocation of resources towards the more productive firms. More specifically, lower barriers to offshoring reduce the input costs of incumbent offshoring firms and allow more firms to source cheap foreign intermediates, which improves firm-level price competitiveness. This, in turn, translates into higher export quantities of incumbent exporters (intensive margin) and entry of new exporters (extensive margin), thereby fostering trade in final goods.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Tübinger Diskussionsbeiträge ; No. 330

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies; Fragmentation ; Multinational Firms; International Business
• Thema: Offshoring ; trade ; multinational firms

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Kleinert, Jörn ; Zorell, Nico
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
• (wo): Tübingen
• (wann): 2010

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/45809
• URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:21-opus-53294
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ