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Three essays in international econom...

Kurz, Christopher Johann.

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Three essays in international economics (England).

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Three essays in international economics (England)./
作者:	Kurz, Christopher Johann.
面頁冊數:	126 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-10, Section: A, page: 3737.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International66-10A.
標題:	Economics, General. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3192688
ISBN:	9780542367205

Three essays in international economics (England).
Kurz, Christopher Johann.

Three essays in international economics (England). - 126 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-10, Section: A, page: 3737.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Michigan, 2005.

This dissertation integrates several areas within international economics to answer open questions regarding outsourcing and financial integration. Two chapters pertain to outsourcing, while the last chapter studies financial integration in Victorian England. My first chapter concentrates on characteristics differences between outsourcers and non-outsourcers and the productivity related implications of outsourcing. Three main findings result: Only a small amount of empirical work exists for outsourcing firms and plants. I address this deficiency with a plant and firm-level study of manufacturing outsourcing in United States. First, outsourcers are "outstanding." With the exception of production worker wages, there are premia for outsourcers over non-outsourcing organizations' characteristics. Second, outsourcing plants and firms have higher productivity. Lastly, firm-level productivity growth is significantly higher for outsourcers, a result that does not hold at the plant level.

ISBN: 9780542367205Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017424
Economics, General.

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