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URN: urn:nbn:de:gbv:705-opus-29378
URL: http://opus.unibw-hamburg.de/volltexte/2011/2937/
Castellani, Davide ;
De Benedictis, Luca ;
Horgos, Daniel
Can we really trust offshoring indices?
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Kurzfassung in englisch
This paper argues that indices of (business) service and material offshoring built on sectoral
input-output data may actually measure something different than what we think they should.
Applying shift-share analysis we decompose the variation over time of a commonly used class
of such indices into two components: one related to the intensity in the import of intermediate
inputs, and the other associated with the use of such inputs in the production of manufacturing
goods. Using data from input-output tables of 21 European countries from 1995 to 2006, we
show that in the case of service offshoring, in most countries a larger part of the variance is
driven by the raising share of (domestically produced) services used in manufacturing
production, while the share of imported services contributes to a much smaller extent. When
we focus on the subset of business services, evidence shows a relatively larger tendency
towards relying on imported rather domestically produced inputs. Instead, in the case of
material offshoring there is evidence that foreign suppliers have substituted domestic ones.
However, this pattern is strongest in countries, such as Estonia, Hungary and Slovenia, where
incoming multinationals, rather than domestic firms offshoring production may be the driving
force.
Freie Schlagwörter (englisch):
outsorcing , import penetration , offshoring index , measurement
Institut:
Volkswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere Wirtschaftspolitik / Prof. Dr. Dluhosch (ehem. PD Dr. Braeuninger)
DDC-Sachgruppe:
Wirtschaft
Dokumentart:
Arbeits- / Diskussionspapier
Quelle:
Diskussionspapier Nr. 114, Juni 2011
Sprache:
englisch
Erstellungsjahr:
2011
Publikationsdatum:
21.06.2011
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