Market thickness and outsourcing services

Yukako Ono

doi:10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2006.08.007

Market thickness and outsourcing services

Yukako Ono

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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	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2006.08.007
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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Ono, Y. (2007). Market thickness and outsourcing services. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 37(2), 220-238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2006.08.007

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