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dc.contributor.author	Antras, Pol
dc.contributor.author	Helpman, Elhanan
dc.date.accessioned	2009-07-21T20:12:25Z
dc.date.issued	2004
dc.identifier.citation	Antras, Pol, and Elhanan Helpman. 2004. Global sourcing. Journal of Political Economy 112(3): 552-580.	en
dc.identifier.issn	0022-3808	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:3196327
dc.description.abstract	We present a North‐South model of international trade in which differentiated products are developed in the North. Sectors are populated by final‐good producers who differ in productivity levels. On the basis of productivity and sectoral characteristics, firms decide whether to integrate into the production of intermediate inputs or outsource them. In either case they have to decide from which country to source the inputs. Final‐good producers and their suppliers must make relationship‐specific investments, both in an integrated firm and in an arm’s‐length relationship. We describe an equilibrium in which firms with different productivity levels choose different ownership structures and supplier locations. We then study the effects of within‐sectoral heterogeneity and variations in industry characteristics on the relative prevalence of these organizational forms.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	Economics	en
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	University of Chicago Press	en
dc.relation.isversionof	http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/383099	en
dash.license	LAA
dc.title	Global Sourcing	en
dc.type	Journal Article
dc.description.version	Version of Record
dc.relation.journal	Journal of Political Economy	en
dash.depositing.author	Antras, Pol

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