Outsourcing Economics has a double meaning. First, it is a book about the economics of
outsourcing. Second, it examines the way that economists have understood globalization as …

Are global value chains (GVCs) truly global or are they more of a regional phenomenon?
We provide a new perspective on this issue using network analysis based on the measure of …

Based on recent approaches measuring the factor content of trade when intermediates are
traded this paper provides an approach to decompose the value added and factor (capital …

The interdependence of regional trade and production networks has important implications
for national prosperity, regional stability and the internationalization of production. We ask …

Evaluating the role and performance of China's participation in Global value chains (GVCs)
has been a hot policy and research issue in recent years. However, most GVCs-related …

Global value chains are supported not only directly by domestic regions that export goods
and services to the world market, but also indirectly by other domestic regions that provide …

The steady growth of international trade in intermediate goods and services has made the
relationship between trade and the international division of labour more complex. For 39 …

Since the 1990s, a fundamental change has been taking place in the structure of world
production and international trade. Production has become increasingly fragmented across …

Based on recent approaches to measuring the factor content of trade when intermediates
are traded we decompose value added trade and its components (capital and labor, as well …

In recent years, the China's economy does not afford to gain the growth that depends on
capital and the export is not their expectation. The Chinese policy makers may have an …