In this article we present evidence on the impact of economic integration agreements (EIAs) on production fragmentation based on a direct measure of offshoring: the number of vertically integrated foreign subsidiaries located in partner countries. We find that EIAs favour the formation of cross-border production networks. Further, this effect is stronger when agreements are deeper.
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