Vertical integration and supplier finance

Holger Görg and Erasmus Kersting ()

No 168, Globalization Institute Working Papers from Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Abstract: We investigate the financial implications of a multinational firm's choice between outsourcing and integration from the perspective of the supplier. Using a simple model, we explore the extent to which an integrated supplier's access to finance, as well as its sources of funding, change relative to a firm supplying a multinational at arm's-length. The model predicts that integrated firms have better access to finance and cover a larger share of their costs using internal funds. Furthermore, improvements in a host country's level of financial development have less of an impact on the financial situation of integrated suppliers. We present empirical evidence from firm-level data for over 60 countries broadly supporting the predictions.

JEL-codes: F23 G32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30 pages
Date: 2014-01-31
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cfn, nep-com, nep-int and nep-sog
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DOI: 10.24149/gwp168

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