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Exports and Profitability: First Evidence for German Manufacturing Firms

Fryges, Helmut; Wagner, Joachim - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008

Germany, this paper presents the first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between exports and profitability. It … documents that the positive profitability differential of exporters compared to non-exporters is statistically significant …. Instead, we use a newly developed continuous treatment approach and show that exporting improves the profitability almost over …

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Export Behavior and Firm Productivity in German Manufacturing: A Firm-level Analysis

Arnold, Jens Matthias; Hussinger, Katrin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004

This paper analyses the relationship between firm productivity and export behavior in German manufacturing firms. We examine whether productivity increases the probability of exporting, and assert that there is a causal relationship from high productivity to entering foreign markets, as...

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Exports versus FDI in German Manufacturing: Firm Performance and Participation in International Markets

Arnold, Jens Matthias; Hussinger, Katrin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005

This paper tests some of the predictions of recent advances in trade theory that have focused on different trade patterns of firms within the same sector. Helpman, Melitz and Yeaple (2005) develop a model in which innate productivity differences between firms determine the degree of...

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Knowledge Production in Nanomaterials: An Application of Spatial Filtering to Regional Systems of Innovation

Patuelli, Roberto; Grimpe, Christoph - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008

Nanomaterials are seen as a key technology for the 21st Century, and much is expected of them in terms of innovation and economic growth. They could open the way to many radically new applications, which would form the basis of innovative products. In this context, it seems all the more...

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Sectoral Differences in Wage Freezes and Wage Cuts: Evidence from a new Firm Survey

Radowski, Daniel; Bonin, Holger - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008

, using a new and large employer survey on wage and price setting behaviour for Germany. We observe that wage freezes are more …

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Productivity effects of business process outsourcing: a firm-level investigation based on panel data

Ohnemus, Jörg - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009

This paper analyses the impact of business process outsourcing (BPO) on firm productivity based on a comprehensive German firm-level panel data set covering manufacturing and service industries. The growing importance of service inputs into the production process is undisputed. Firms...

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Carbon management: Evidence from case studies of German firms under the EU ETS

Heindl, Peter; Lutz, Benjamin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012

This paper examines the management practices of German firms with obligations under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) based on six structured in-depth interviews with managers of firms from different industries and based on survey data. The paper sheds light on management and trading...

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Estimating dynamic R&D demand: An analysis of costs and long-run benefits

Peters, Bettina; Roberts, Mark J.; Vuong, Van Anh; … - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013

Using firm-level data from the German manufacturing sector, we estimate a dynamic, structural model of the firm's decision to invest in R&D and quantify the cost and longrun benefit of this investment. The model incorporates and quantifies linkages between the firm's R&D investment, product and...

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Intangible assets and investments at the sector level: Empirical evidence for Germany

Crass, Dirk; Licht, Georg; Peters, Bettina - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014

This paper investigates the role intangible capital plays for economic growth in different sectors in Germany. It … Germany. In nearly all sectors investments in design and computerized information are larger in the UK. In contrast, German …

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Coaching disadvantaged young people: Evidence from firm level data

Mohrenweiser, Jens; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014

In Germany, apprenticeship training firms currently face a shrinking number of qualified school-leavers because of …

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