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This paper presents the first empirical test with German firm level data of 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 that, in...
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Using a large administrative dataset for Germany, this paper compares employment developments in exiting and surviving … establishments. For both West and East Germany we find a clear shadow of death effect reflecting lingering illness: establishments … are more clearly visible in West than in East Germany. Our results also hold when applying a matching approach. …
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In Germany, for the reporting year 2009 transaction-level data on exports and imports of goods have been aggregated at …
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. Germany, one of the leading actors on the world market for goods, is a case in point. Theoretical models of multiple …
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Feenstra and Ma (2008) develop a monopolistic competition model where firms choose their optimal product scope by balancing the profits from a new variety against the costs of cannibalizing sales of existing varieties. While more productive firms always have a higher market share, there is no...
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Using a knowledge production framework and a rich set of plant level data this study demonstrates that in Germany firms …
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trade. This paper uses a large and rich set of linked employer-employee data from Germany to demonstrate that these premia … von kombinierten Firmen-Beschäftigten-Daten aus Deutschland um zu zeigen, dass diese Lohnzuschläge verschwinden, wenn die …
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context of Germany where the works council is the analogue of workplace unionism. Using parametric and nonparametric methods … gibt, untersuchen wir, ob dies auch in dem unterschiedlichen institutionellen Umfeld in Deutschland der Fall ist, wo statt …
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Germany, this paper presents the first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between exports and profitability. It …
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Germany, while at the same time charting the determinants of their presence. Furthermore, we identify newly established works …
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