International outsourcing over the business cycle: some intuition for Germany, the Czech Republic and Slovakia

Sandrine Levasseur () and Sandrine Levasseur ()
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Sandrine Levasseur: OFCE, Research Department, Postal: 69, quai d’Orsay 75340 Paris cedex 07 France, http://www.ofce.sciences-po.fr
Sandrine Levasseur: Observatoire Français des Conjonctures Économiques, Postal: 69, Quai d'Orsay, Paris 75007, France, http://www.ofce.sciences-po.fr
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No 2010-31, Documents de Travail de l'OFCE from Observatoire Francais des Conjonctures Economiques (OFCE)

Abstract: In this paper, we assess the extent to which multinational firms - in the first instance, the German ones - may adjust their international outsourcing over the business cycle in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. For that purpose, we have used monthly data of production for the manufacturing sector as a whole and some of its sub-sectors, since 2000 onwards. Our econometrical estimates suggest that there would be an asymmetry in the international outsourcing across the states of the economy, meaning that multinationals firms would be engaged differently in outsourcing activities, depending on whether bad or good economic times occur. Yet, such an asymmetry is found increasing over the time for German and French multinationals operating in the transport equipment sector of Slovakia. Another conclusion is that international outsourcing made by multinational firms in Slovakia may account for a portion of its large business cycles volatility.

Keywords: International outsourcing; foreign direct investment; business cycles; Central and Eastern European countries; European integration. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F21 F23 F4 L60 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-11
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Journal Article: International outsourcing over the business cycle: some intuition for Germany, the Czech Republic and Slovakia (2010)
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Working Paper: International outsourcing over the business cycle: some intuition for Germany, the Czech Republic and Slovakia (2010)
Working Paper: International outsourcing over the business cycle: some intuition for Germany, the Czech Republic and Slovakia (2010)
Working Paper: International outsourcing over the business cycle: some intuition for Germany, the Czech Republic and Slovakia (2010)
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