and productivity hold in the years before the export start, which indicates self-selection into exporting of more …

-parametric test for first order stochastic dominance it is shown that, in line with this hypothesis, the productivity distribution of …, therefore, seems to be useful to guide empirical work on the relation between exports, R&D and productivity for services firms …, too. -- Exports ; R&D ; productivity ; business services firms ; Germany …

A wide range of empirical studies has analysed the relationship between exports and productivity in the manufacturing … provides first evidence about export and productivity in the German business services sector. The database used is the German … exporting increases productivity. -- Export ; productivity ; business services ; panel data …