The recent evolution of the international trade has been characterized, among others factors, by an increasing supplying of intermediate inputs in the international markets. In this article these firm’s decisions are analyzed, comparing the characteristics of size, productivity, age, intensity...

The purpose of this article is to investigate the effects of domestic and foreign sourcing on firm-level productivity. We develop a simple framework that permits the introduction of both domestic outsourcing and offshoring in a conventional production function. We find that the decision to...

<heading format="display" id="h1" implicit="yes" level="1">Abstract</heading> The objective of this paper is to explore the relationship between foreign sourcing and productivity at the firm level. To organise the empirical work, we rely on Antràs and Helpman's model (2004), which predicts that high-productivity firms engage in trade (foreign sourcing) and...

In a previous paper, Delgado, Fariñas and Ruano (2002) report TFP differences between exporters and non-exporters on the basis of a sample of Spanish manufacturing firms. In this paper, we extend the previous analysis in three directions using a similar data set. First, we investigate...

This article studies the behavior of input cost shares in an environment where labor is costly to adjust, materials can be adjusted at no cost and capital is fixed. A model relating cost shares with relative prices and adjustment costs is proposed, allowing joint estimation of the elasticity of...

This paper analyses the role played by both competitive pressure (increasing imports) and the restructuring of industries through entry and exit in productivity growth of Spanish manufacturing during the eighties, the key period of its accession to the EEC economy. A GMM panel estimation of the...

This article offers a short introduction to the contributions of John Sutton to the analysis of market structure, with particular reference to the Bounds Approach. The article offers a presentation of a recent work of John Sutton, reproduced in this issue of Investigaciones Regionales, which...