We present high-resolution valence band and core level spectra of silver for
photoelectron kinetic energies up to 8 keV. At these kinetic energies we
estimate a surface contribution of less than 3%. Taking advantage of the
favourable sp/d relative cross-sections, a comparison with the calculated density
of states is presented. We observe an increasing photoemission intensity when
approaching the Fermi level, which we assign to a free-electron-like character
in the 5p-band, whereas the principal s-like contribution is located at the bottom
of the d-band. The difference between measured and calculated values of the
sp/d cross-section ratio is discussed
