Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/322786 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Papers Series No. 09-03
Publisher: 
Utrecht University, Utrecht School of Economics, Tjalling C. Koopmans Research Institute, Utrecht
Abstract: 
This paper empirically investigates the relationship between institutional quality and outsourcing to developing economies. In contrast to cross-sectional studies on institutions, this paper uses panel data for 76 countries over 25 years (1980-2004). Employing panel data helps to show the causal relationship by controlling for the fixed effects and dynamic factors. Using within and IV estimations, we find that there is a positive effect of institutional quality on outsourcing in the lower-middle income countries. The quality of institutions is not an important determinant of outsourcing to either low or high income countries.
Subjects: 
Institutional quality
Outsourcing
Developing countries
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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