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Innovation and exports of German business services enterprises: First evidence from a new type of firm data
Vogel, Alexander; Wagner, Joachim - 2012
This paper contributes to the literature by providing the first evidence on the link between innovation activities (measured by the share of engineers and scientists in the workforce) and exports of German business services firms based on a large representative longitudinal sample of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294458
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Exports, R&D and productivity in German business services firms: A test of the Bustos-model
Vogel, Alexander; Wagner, Joachim - 2012
This paper uses newly available data for German business services firms to test a hypothesis derived by Bustos (AER 2011) in a model that explains the decision of heterogeneous firms to export and to engage in R&D. Using a non-parametric test for first order stochastic dominance it is shown...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294464
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The impact of R&D activities on exports of German business services enterprises: First evidence from a continuous treatment approach
Vogel, Alexander; Wagner, Joachim - 2012
This study uses newly available representative data from German business services firms and a continuous treatment approach based on the generalized propensity score to test for a causal effect of R&D activities (measured by the share of engineers and natural scientists in all employees) on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294481
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Higher productivity in importing German manufacturing firms: self-selection, learning from importing, or both?
Vogel, Alexander; Wagner, Joachim - 2008
document the first empirical results on the relationship between imports and productivity for Germany, a leading actor on the … for trading internationally are about the same in West and East Germany. Compared to firms that do not trade at all two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269066
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The quality of the KombiFiD-sample of business services enterprises: Evidence from a replication study
Vogel, Alexander; Wagner, Joachim - 2012
West German firms from business services industries. For East Germany, however, the number of business services firms seems …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286570
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Self-selection into export markets by business services firms: Evidence from France, Germany and the United Kingdom
Temouri, Yama; Vogel, Alexander; Wagner, Joachim - 2010
comparable enterprise level data from France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Exporters are more productive and pay higher wages … significantly smaller in Germany, significantly larger in France, and does not differ significantly in the UK. The results for wages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286601
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Self-Selection into Export Markets by Business Services Firms: Evidence from France, Germany and the United Kingdom
Wagner, Joachim; Temouri, Yama; Vogel, Alexander - 2011
comparable enterprise level data from France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Exporters are more productive and pay higher wages … significantly smaller in Germany, significantly larger in France, and does not differ significantly in the UK. The results for wages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305935
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Higher productivity in importing German manufacturing firms: self-selection, learning from importing, or both?
Vogel, Alexander; Wagner, Joachim - 2008
document the first empirical results on the relationship between imports and productivity for Germany, a leading actor on the … for trading internationally are about the same in West and East Germany. Compared to firms that do not trade at all two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265199
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Exports and profitability: first evidence for German business services enterprises
Vogel, Alexander; Wagner, Joachim - 2009
profit of the non-exporting firms. Given that Germany is one of the leading actors on the world market for services, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265953
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Innovation and Exports of German Business Services Enterprises: First evidence from a new type of firm data
Vogel, Alexander; Wagner, Joachim - 2012
This paper contributes to the literature by providing the first evidence on the link between innovation activities (measured by the share of engineers and scientists in the workforce) and exports of German business services firms based on a large representative longitudinal sample of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010902034