This paper studies how outsourcing of services activities affects TFP at the firm level. Using the universe of buyer-supplier relationships in Belgium, we first document several new empirical facts about how firms engage in the outsourcing of supporting activities. We show that virtually all firms source from at least one services supplier, but there is substantial heterogeneity in the services sourcing of firms. Geographic proximity plays a key role for the matchin…
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NBB Working Paper, 2022, 426: Sourcing of services and total factor productivity
Oorspronkelijke titel: Sourcing of services and total factor productivity
Bron: nbb.be
02-12-2022
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