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The impact of international trade on the 'in-house' transaction sector: evidence from the United States, 1985-89

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This study investigates the impact of international trade on the 'in-house' transaction sector of US manufacturing industries over the period 1985-89. Higher import (export) intensity is found to have a strongly (weakly) negative effect on the relative size of the sector. The need for organizational restructuring seems especially urgent for 'high-tech' industries, which tend to have relatively large private bureaucracies.

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  • Hans-Jurgen Engelbrecht, 1995. "The impact of international trade on the 'in-house' transaction sector: evidence from the United States, 1985-89," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 2(3), pages 60-63.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:2:y:1995:i:3:p:60-63
    DOI: 10.1080/135048595357573
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