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N°153 |
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Issue Q1 2018 |
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Value chains and the great recession: Evidence from Italian and German firms |
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Antonio Accetturo Anna Giunta
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Global Value Chains (GVCs) were one of the main transmission mechanisms of the 2009 great trade collapse. Our paper describes the effects of the crisis from a country-comparative perspective (Germany and Italy) and at firm level. There are two main conclusions: i) supplier firms were hit by the crisis more than final firms; ii) firms’ position in GVCs and their strategies explain part of the performance gap between Italian and German firms. |
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Global Value Chains ; Germany ; Italy ; Industrial firms ; Firms’ organization ; World trade ;
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D230 ; L220 ; F140 ; F230 ;
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