A note on why more West than East German firms export

Joachim Wagner

Germany is one of the most important exporters of manufacturing goods in the world, but by far not all manufacturing firms in Germany are exporters, and there is a remarkable gap between the share of exporters in all manufacturing firms between West Germany and East Germany. While in West Germany in 2004 about two in three manufacturing plants were exporters, fourteen years after re-unification this share was less than fifty percent in the former communist East Germany. Given that exports play a key role in shaping business cycles and growth in Germany, and the much higher unemployment in East compared to West Germany, promotion of exports by East German firms figure prominently on the policy agenda ...

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Wagner, Joachim
Published in:	International economics and economic policy : IEEP. - Berlin : Springer, ISSN 1612-4804, ZDB-ID 2141405-1. - Vol. 5.2008, 4, p. 363-370
Subject:	Export \| Industrie \| Manufacturing industries \| Vergleich \| Comparison \| Westdeutsche Bundesländer \| West Germany \| Ostdeutschland \| East Germany \| Deutschland \| Germany \| 2004
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Extent:	8 S
Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Aufsatz in Zeitschrift ; Article in journal
Language:	English
Notes:	Literaturverz. S. 370 Parallel als Online-Ausg. erschienen unter der Adresse http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10368-008-0119-7
Other identifiers:	10.1007/s10368-008-0119-7 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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