While the role of exports in promoting growth in general, and productivity in particular, has been investigated … at the firm level been used to look at the extent and causes of productivity differentials between exporters and their …, while exporting does not necessarily improve productivity. …

face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and average industry productivity increases due to a selection effect. These …

presents the first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between exports and productivity for Germany, a leading actor on … the world market for manufactured goods. It documents that the positive productivity differential of exporters compared to … sell their products on the world market. Results for West Germany support the hypothesis that the productivity differential …