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December 1987

Producer services industries: why are they growing so rapidly?

John Tschetter

Does the hefty postwar growth of some service industries mean that manufacturers are cutting overhead by farming out activities once performed in house? Analysis of data shows this to be an unlikely explanation for the growth of producer services industries.

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