Trade-in-goods and trade-in-tasks: An integrating framework

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-62

  Baldwin, Richard ^a,c,e   Robert Nicoud, Frédéric ^b,c,d  

^a Graduate Institute   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d SERC ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; Offshoring; Task trade; Trade theorems

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ECONOMIC THEORY; FRAGMENTATION; MONOPOLY; TRADE FLOW;

EID: 84891836974     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2013.10.002     Document Type: Article

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