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| DC Field | | Value | | Language |
| dc.contributor.author | | Debaere, Peter | | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | | Görg, Holger | | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | | Raff, Horst | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2010-06-30T08:29:29Z | | - |
| dc.date.available | | 2010-06-30T08:29:29Z | | - |
| dc.date.issued | | 2010 | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/32983 | | - |
| dc.description.abstract | | We use unique plant-level data to study the link between the local availability of services and the decision of manufacturing firms to source materials from abroad. To guide our empirical analysis we develop a monopolistic competition model of the materials sourcing decisions of heterogeneous firms. The model generates predictions about how the intensity of international sourcing of materials depends on a firms productivity and the availability of local services. These predictions are supported by the data. We find evidence that more productive manufacturing firms tend to have a higher ratio of imported materials to sales. In addition, we find evidence that services grease the wheels of international commerce: A greater availability of services across regions, industries and time increases a firms foreign sourcing of materials relative to sales. Interestingly, this positive impact of local service availability on imports especially applies to stand-alone firms that, unlike multinationals, are less likely to rely on imported or internally provided services. | | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | | 40 S. | | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | | eng | | en_US |
| dc.publisher | | Nottingham Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy | | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | | Research paper // Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy 2010,01 : Globalisation, productivity and technology | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | F12 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | L23 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.ddc | | 330 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | international trade | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | services | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | off-shoring | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | supply chain management | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | firm heterogeneity | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Internationale Beschaffung | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Offshoring | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Lieferanten-Kunden-Beziehung | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Unternehmensdienstleistung | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Außenhandel | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Monopolist | | en_US |
| dc.title | | Greasing the wheels of international commerce: How services facilitate firms' international sourcing | | en_US |
| dc.type | | Working Paper | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.ppn | | 62119882X | | en_US |
| dc.rights | | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | | - |
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