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Why More West than East German Firms Export

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  • Wagner, Joachim

    (Leuphana University Lüneburg)

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Using unique new data and a recently introduced non-linear decomposition technique this paper shows that the huge difference in the propensity to export between West and East German plants is to a large part due to differences in firm size and human capital intensity.

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  • Wagner, Joachim, 2007. "Why More West than East German Firms Export," IZA Discussion Papers 2656, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    • Handle: RePEc:iza:izadps:dp2656
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    1. Joachim Wagner, 2008. "Produktdifferenzierung in deutschen Industrieunternehmen 1995 – 2004: Ausmaß und Bestimmungsgründe," Working Paper Series in Economics 99, University of Lüneburg, Institute of Economics.
    2. Markus Groth, 2008. "Kosteneffizienter und effektiver Biodiversitätsschutz durch Ausschreibungen und eine ergebnisorientierte Honorierung: Das Modelprojekt „Blühendes Steinburg“," Working Paper Series in Economics 105, University of Lüneburg, Institute of Economics.
    3. Joachim Wagner, 2008. "A note on why more West than East German firms export," International Economics and Economic Policy, Springer, vol. 5(4), pages 363-370, December.
    4. Sabine Engelmann & Michaela Fuchs, 2008. "Bestimmungsfaktoren der Unterschiede einzelbetrieblicher Exportaktivitäten in Ost- und Westdeutschland," ifo Dresden berichtet, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 15(01), pages .21-32, February.
    5. Joachim Wagner, 2008. "Joachim Wagner Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, e-mail: wagner@leuphana.de Exportaktivitäten und Rendite in niedersächsischen Industrieunternehmen," Working Paper Series in Economics 95, University of Lüneburg, Institute of Economics.
    6. Sabine Engelmann & Michaela Fuchs, 2008. "Bestimmungsfaktoren der Unterschiede einzelbetrieblicher Exportaktivitäten in Ost- und Westdeutschland," ifo Dresden berichtet, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 15(01), pages 21-32, 02.
    7. Markus Groth, 2008. "Private ex-ante transaction costs for repeated biodiversity conservation auctions: a case study," Working Paper Series in Economics 84, University of Lüneburg, Institute of Economics.
    8. Heike Wetzel, 2008. "European Railway Deregulation: The Influence of Regulatory and Environmental Conditions on Efficiency," Working Paper Series in Economics 86, University of Lüneburg, Institute of Economics.
    9. Joachim Wagner, 2014. "Low-productive exporters are high-quality exporters. Evidence from Germany," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 34(2), pages 745-756.

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    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade

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