Offshoring, domestic outsourcing and productivity: Evidence for a number of European countries

Review of World Economics

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 131-149

  Schwörer, Tillmann ^a  

^a KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Domestic outsourcing; Offshoring; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873750457     PISSN: 16102878     EISSN: 16102886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10290-012-0139-9     Document Type: Article

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