Spiders and snakes: Offshoring and agglomeration in the global economy

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 245-254

  Baldwin, Richard ^a,b   Venables, Anthony J ^b,c  

^a Graduate Institute   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assembly; Components; Fragmentation; Offshoring; Re shoring; Vertical linkages

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; FRAGMENTATION; GLOBAL ECONOMY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PRODUCTIVITY; TRADE RELATIONS;

ARANEAE; SERPENTES;

EID: 84879261073     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2013.02.005     Document Type: Article

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