Konferenzbeitrag
Greasing the wheels of international commerce: how services facilitate firms' international sourcing
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 firm's 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 firm's 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.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2010: Ökonomie der Familie - Session: Offshoring: Causes and Consequences ; No. F3-V3
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies; Fragmentation
Organization of Production
Trade: General
- Thema
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international trade
services
off-shoring
supply chain management
firm heterogeneity
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Debaere, Peter
Görg, Holger
Raff, Horst
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Verein für Socialpolitik
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Frankfurt a. M.
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2010
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Konferenzbeitrag
Beteiligte
- Debaere, Peter
- Görg, Holger
- Raff, Horst
- Verein für Socialpolitik
Entstanden
- 2010
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