Incomplete specialization and offshoring across Europe

Arbeitspapier

Research for evidence on offshoring activities and its driving forces has been done by analyzing gross trade flows related to offshoring using gravity equations augmented by ad hoc measures of supply-side country differences. We develop a specification grounded in incomplete specialization that views bilateral gravity equations as statistical relationships constrained on countries' multilateral specialization patterns. We apply this approach to an empirical analysis of the European trade in parts and components. Our results bring evidence that bilateral trade related to offshoring activities across Europe is driven by countries' multilateral specialization incentives that are expressed by specific supply-side country differences relative to the rest of the world.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IOS Working Papers ; No. 321

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Empirical Studies of Trade ; Trade and Labor Market Interactions ; Contracting Out; Joint Ventures; Technology Licensing
• Subject: International trade ; gravity model ; offshoring ; panel data ; European Union ; Auslandsverlagerung ; Internationale Arbeitsteilung ; Gravitationsmodell ; Schätzung ; EU-Staaten

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Frensch, Richard ; Hanousek, Jan ; Kočenda, Evžen
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung (IOS)
• (where): Regensburg
• (when): 2012

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/79229
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-20121001733
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET