Abstract
This paper examines whether the outsourcing of business services is supported more in thicker local markets. In particular, I examine manufacturing plants' practices of outsourcing business services. Using plant-level data from the 1992 Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM), I find evidence that supports the view that a plant's likelihood of outsourcing is greater in thicker local markets, while the extent of the effect varies across services.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 220-238 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Regional Science and Urban Economics |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2007 Mar |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- Business service
- In-house production
- Outsourcing
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Economics and Econometrics
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Market thickness and outsourcing services. / Ono, Yukako.
In: Regional Science and Urban Economics, Vol. 37, No. 2, 03.2007, p. 220-238.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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