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June 20, 2026The Review of Economics and Statistics

Managing Export Complexity: The Role of Service Outsourcing

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GBGiuseppe BerlingieriFPFrank Pisch

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Overview

Randomized trial shows outsourcing market-access services reduces entry costs in manufacturers, indicating competitive advantage.

Key Points

  • This research aims to understand how manufacturing firms manage export complexities through service outsourcing.
  • Exploited exogenous demand shocks to analyze outsourcing behavior of French manufacturers.
  • Developed a theoretical framework on market-access costs comparing internal service provision and outsourcing costs.
  • Empirical analysis of the relationship between outsourcing and variation in market-access costs.
  • Outsourcing market-access services significantly reduces both sunk and fixed export costs.
  • The study reveals an amplification of gains from trade liberalization due to increased variety in market-access services.
  • A correlation exists between outsourcing behavior and the distance-related costs of entering new markets.

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Berlingieri et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a363224db0793dc1a538c0ehttps://doi.org/10.1162/rest.a.1816
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