@techreport{NBERw11184,
 title = "Outsourcing Price Decisions: Evidence from U.S. 9802 Imports",
 author = "Deborah Swenson",
 institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research",
 type = "Working Paper",
 series = "Working Paper Series",
 number = "11184",
 year = "2005",
 month = "March",
 URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w11184",
 abstract = {This paper studies U.S. overseas assembly imports to identify whether factors related to information or search costs appear to condition outsourcing decisions. The data for 1991-2000 show that U.S. overseas assembly imports were characterized by incomplete pass-through of production and trade costs to import prices, though products assembled in more highly educated countries passed-through a much larger portion of their cost changes. In addition, the price of outsourcing imports responded to competing suppliers' prices, with the largest responses occurring for products in capital-intense industries. These differential price responses suggest that information issues play an important role in the mediation of outsourcing relationships.},
}