We investigate the link between productivity of firms and their sourcing behavior. Following Antràs & Helpman (2004) we … productivity premia associated with the different sourcing strategies. We find strong empirical support for the predictions of the …

I show in this paper that incomplete contracts affect a firm’s decision about serving foreign customers through exports …

This paper investigates the role of firm productivity in drawing firm boundaries in global sourcing. Our analysis … focuses on how productivity affects the allocation of ownership rights between the headquarter of a firm and an intermediate …. domestic). Unlike previous work, we allow for a fully flexible productivity effect with varying magnitude and sign across …