Foreign outsourcing and firm-level characteristics: evidence from Japanese manufacturers
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- Tomiura, Eiichi, 2005. "Foreign outsourcing and firm-level characteristics: Evidence from Japanese manufacturers," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Elsevier, vol. 19(2), pages 255-271, June.
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Foreign outsourcing; Firm-level data; Productivity; Capital-labor ratio;JEL classification:
- F1 - International Economics - - Trade
- F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ALL-2005-02-20 (All new papers)
- NEP-BEC-2005-02-20 (Business Economics)
- NEP-SEA-2005-02-20 (South East Asia)
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