全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): DP7675 Greasing the Wheels of International Commerce: How Services Facilitate Firms' International Sourcing

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来源类型	Discussion paper
规范类型	论文
来源ID	DP7675
	DP7675 Greasing the Wheels of International Commerce: How Services Facilitate Firms' International Sourcing
	Holger Görg; Horst Raff; Peter Debaere
发表日期	2010-02-07
出版年	2010
语种	英语
摘要	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.
主题	International Trade and Regional Economics
关键词	Firm heterogeneity International trade Off-shoring Services Supply chain management
URL	https://cepr.org/publications/dp7675
来源智库	Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/536512
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Holger Görg,Horst Raff,Peter Debaere. DP7675 Greasing the Wheels of International Commerce: How Services Facilitate Firms' International Sourcing. 2010.