OECD countries vis-à-vis 69 exporters. Competition in services affects the volume of goods trade while the market structure … competition apparently matters most for exporters in smaller, poorer countries. By ignoring the structure of the domestic services …

We use unique plant-level data to study the link between the local availability of services and the decision of … international sourcing of materials depends on a firm's productivity and the availability of local services. These predictions are … materials to sales. In addition, we find evidence that services grease the wheels of international commerce: A greater …

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in services has grown significantly in recent years. Evidence of spatial relationships …. This paper investigates spatial interactions for services FDI using several distance measures, including physical distance … activity remain valid for services. We also find spatial interdependence for services FDI that is generally supportive of …

Using firm-level data from France, we document that the shift of economic activity from manufacturing to services over … density. This bias can be accounted for by the location choices of large services firms that sort into big cities and large … strengthened for services but weakened for manufacturing. This divergence is a key driver of the urban bias but it dampens …

arm’s length. The model further implies that firms are more likely to offshore when frictions in the provision of services …

arm’s length. The model further implies that firms are more likely to offshore when frictions in the provision of services …

The study proves evidence of five new empirical facts on the impact of services offshoring on local labour markets …. First, services offshoring increases average employment and wages within local labour markets, much more so in the … manufacturing industry than in the services one. Second, positive effects are both on firms directly offshoring services and on non …

unverifiable information and the quality of communication depends on the conflict of interests between the government levels. It is …

We study how different forms of communication influence the inflation expectations of individuals in a randomized …