Title: International Fragmentation of Production and the Intrafirm Trade of U.S. Multinational Companies

Abstract: An increasingly important feature of global economic integration is trade in intermediate inputs associated with the fragmentation of production across national borders. For some goods, production has become a multinational process in which different stages are carried out in specialized plants around the globe. Materials and components produced in one country may pass through a sequence of other countries that each add value through fabrication, assembly, or other processing before a final product is delivered to consumers.…

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Publication ID: 143

Category Description: International Trade and related Economic Statistics

Publication Type: Paper

Inistitute: USBEA

Year: 2004

Month: January

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Author 1: Maria Borga

Author 2: William J. Zeile

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Link: http://www.bea.gov/papers/pdf/intrafirmtradejanuary04.pdf

Tags: affiliate-related variables , determinants of intrafirm trade , host country variables , intra-firm trade , MNC operations , trade in intermediate inputs , US Bureau of Economic Analysis ,

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