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Joining multinationals' supply chains can benefit domestic firms' performance

21 November 2023

Alonso Alfaro-Urena, Isabela Manelici and Jose P Vasquez

Developing countries compete to attract multinationals to induce development. Becoming suppliers to multinationals could improve domestic firms' technology and managerial practices, and the host country's economy could b... Read more...

IFS/STICERD/UCL Development Work in Progress Seminar

The Gains from Foreign Multinationals in an Economy with Distortions

28 September 2023

Isabela Manelici (LSE)

We study the local and aggregate welfare effects of the expansion of foreign multinational enterprises (MNEs) in an economy with distortions. To that end, we propose a guiding general equilibrium (GE) framework that we c... Read more...

IFS/STICERD/UCL Development Work in Progress SeminarPOID Research Seminar

The gains from foreign multinationals in an economy with distortions

05 September 2023

Isabela Manelici (LSE)

We study the local and aggregate welfare effects of the expansion of foreign multinational enterprises (MNEs) in an economy with distortions. To that end, we propose a guiding general equilibrium (GE) framework that we c... Read more...

TBC

05 September 2023

Isabela Manelici (LSE)

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Industrial policy and the rise of Romania's Silicon Valley (podcast)

09 July 2023

Isabela Manelici

In 2001, Romania gave an income tax break to a select group of software programmers. Isabela Manelici explains how this particular industrial policy helped stem Romania's "brain drain" problem, transformed the country's ... Read more...

CEP discussion papers

Responsible sourcing? Theory and evidence from Costa Rica

29 March 2023

Alonso Alfaro-Urena, Benjamin Faber, Cecile Gaubert, Isabela Manelici and Jose P Vasquez

Multinational enterprises (MNEs) increasingly impose "Responsible Sourcing" (RS) standards on their suppliers worldwide, including requirements on worker compensation, benefits and working conditions. Are these policies ... Read more...

IFS/STICERD/UCL Development Work in Progress SeminarPOID Research SeminarInternational Economics Workshops

The Gains from Foreign Investment in an Economy with Distortions

29 March 2023

Isabela Manelici (LSE), Jose Vasquez (Princeton University)

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IFS/STICERD/UCL Development Work in Progress SeminarPOID Research SeminarInternational Economics WorkshopsPOID Research Seminar

Does the local integration of foreign firms matter? Theory and cross-country evidence

06 February 2023

Isabela Manelici (LSE)

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Responsible sourcing: Theory and evidence from Costa Rica

20 December 2022

Alonso Alfaro-Urena, Benjamin Faber, Cecile Gaubert, Isabela Manelici and Jose P Vasquez

There is growing pressure on multinational enterprises to implement 'responsible sourcing' requirements for their suppliers in low- and middle-income countries. These include minimum standards on working conditions, such... Read more...

IFS/STICERD/UCL Development Work in Progress SeminarPOID Research SeminarInternational Economics WorkshopsPOID Research SeminarIFS/STICERD/UCL Development Work in Progress Seminar

Does the Local Integration of Superstar Firms Matter? Theory and Cross-Country Evidence

01 December 2022

Isabela Manelici (LSE)

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IFS/STICERD/UCL Development Work in Progress SeminarPOID Research SeminarInternational Economics WorkshopsPOID Research SeminarIFS/STICERD/UCL Development Work in Progress SeminarCEP/STICERD Applications Seminars

Responsible Sourcing? Theory and Evidence from Costa Rica

21 November 2022

Isabela Manelici (LSE)

Multinational enterprises (MNEs) increasingly impose ?Responsible Sourcing? (RS) standards on their suppliers worldwide, including requirements on worker compensation, benefits and working conditions. Are these policies ... Read more...

POID Working Papers

Responsible sourcing? Theory and evidence from Costa Rica

16 November 2022

Alonso Alfaro-Urena, Benjamin Faber, Cecile Gaubert, Isabela Manelici and Jose P Vasquez

Multinational enterprises (MNEs) increasingly impose 'Responsible Sourcing' (RS) standards on their suppliers worldwide, including requirements on worker compensation, benefits and working conditions. Are these policies ... Read more...

Blog

Responsible sourcing? Theory and evidence from Costa Rica

23 September 2022

Alonso Alfaro-Urena, Benjamin Faber, Cecile Gaubert, Isabela Manelici and Jose P Vasquez

The authors investigate whether responsible sourcing policies implemented by multinational enterprises for their suppliers have impacts on the ground and, if they do, what these mean for firms and workers in the host cou... Read more...

Journal article

The effects of joining multinational supply chains: new evidence from firm-to-firm linkages

01 August 2022

Alonso Alfaro-Urena, Isabela Manelici and Jose P Vasquez

We study the effects of becoming a supplier to multinational corporations (MNCs) using tax data tracking firm-to-firm transactions in Costa Rica. Event study estimates reveal that domestic firms experience strong and per... Read more...

IFS/STICERD/UCL Development Work in Progress SeminarPOID Research SeminarInternational Economics WorkshopsPOID Research SeminarIFS/STICERD/UCL Development Work in Progress SeminarCEP/STICERD Applications SeminarsCEP/LSE International Economics Seminars

The Effects of Joining Multinational Supply Chains: New Evidence from Firm-to-Firm Linkages

27 November 2019

Isabela Manelici (LSE)

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