Outsourcing price decisions
Subtitle: evidence from U.S. 9802 imports
By: Deborah Swenson.
Contributors: National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series ;; working paper 11184; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;; working paper no. 11184.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Offshore assembly industry -- United States -- Econometric models.; Imports -- Prices -- United States -- Econometric models.
Description: "This paper studies U.S.  overseas assembly imports to identify whether factors related to information or search costs appear to condition outsourcing decisions.  The data for 1991-2000 show that U.S. overseas assembly imports were characterized by incomplete pass-through of production and trade costs to import prices, though products assembled in more highly educated countries passed-through a much larger portion of their cost changes.  In addition, the price of outsourcing imports responded to competing suppliers' prices, with the largest responses occurring for products in capital-intense industries.  These differential price responses suggest that information issues play an important role in the mediation of outsourcing relationships"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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