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Markups, bargaining power and offshoring: An empirical assessment

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  • Lourdes Moreno

    (Universidad Complutense de Madrid and GRIPICO)

  • Diego Rodríguez

    (Universidad Complutense de Madrid and GRIPICO)

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This paper tests the pro-competitive effect of imports on product and labour markets for Spanish manufacturing firms in the period 1990-2005. In doing so, it takes into account the type of imported products: final vs intermediate. Markups are estimated following the procedure suggested by Roeger (1995) and including an efficient bargaining model. The observed heterogeneity among firms is parameterized to consider additional product standardization and market concentration. The results support the Imports as Market Discipline hypothesis for importers of final goods, while firms that offshore intermediate inputs show similar markups to non-importers. Additionally, the union bargaining power is smaller the more final-goods oriented imports are and the more homogeneous is the type of goods elaborated by firms.

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Paper provided by Asociación Española de Economía y Finanzas Internacionales in its series Working Papers with number 10-05.

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Length: 40 pages
Date of creation: Sep 2010
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Keywords: Markups; Offshoring; Bargaining power.;

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  1. Dermot Leahy & Catia Montagna, 2010. "Strategic Investment And International Outsourcing In Unionised Oligopoly," Dundee Discussion Papers in Economics 231, Economic Studies, University of Dundee.
  2. M. Dumont & G. Rayp & P. Willemé, 2010. ""Ménage à trois" in a globalizing world: bargaining between firms, low-skilled and high-skilled workers," Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium 10/687, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.
  3. Luis C. Corchón & Lourdes Moreno, 2010. "Interpreting markups in Spanish manufacturing: the exponential model," Economics Working Papers we1030, Universidad Carlos III, Departamento de Economía.
  4. Domenico Buccella, 2011. "Labor unions and economic integration: A review," Económica, Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, vol. 0, pages 25-89, January-D.

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