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Labor market adjustments after a large import shock : evidence from the German clothing industry and the Multi-Fibre Arrangement
Braakmann, Nils; Wagner, Joachim - 2009
This paper considers labor market adjustments following a large import shock in the German clothing industry caused by the phasing out of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement. Using the German shoe industry as a control group and administrative data, we study adjustments on the individual and firm level...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003915611
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Exports and profitability first evidence for German manufacturing firms
Fryges, Helmut (contributor); Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2008
Germany, this paper presents the first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between exports and profitability. It …. -- Exports ; profitability ; micro data ; Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003770498
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Markteintritte, Marktaustritte und Produktivität : empirische Befunde zur Dynamik in der Industrie
Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2006
Mit einem Paneldatensatz für sämtliche niedersächsischen Industriebetriebe der Jahre 1995 bis 2002 werden drei Hypothesen aus dem Modell von Hopenhayn (Econometrica 1992) getestet: (H1) Firmen, die in der Periode t aus dem Markt ausscheiden, waren in der Periode t-1 weniger produktiv als...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003316682
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International firm activities and innovation : evidence from knowledge production functions for German firms
Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2006
Export, Auslandsinvestition, Wissensproduktion, Deutschland - Exports, foreign direct investment, knowledge production … function, Germany …Using a knowledge production framework and a rich set of plant level data this study demonstrates that in Germany firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003316719
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Exports, foreign direct investment and productivity : evidence from German firm level data
Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2005
This paper presents the first empirical test with German establishment level data of a hypothesis derived by Helpman, Melitz and Yeaple in a model that explains the decision of heterogeneous firms to serve foreign markets either trough exports or foreign direct investment: only the more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003317296
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German works councils and productivity : first evidence from a nonparametric test
Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2005
This paper presents the first nonparametric test whether German works councils go hand in hand with higher labor productivity or not. It distinguishes between establishments that are covered by collective bargaining or not. Results from a Kolmogorov-Smirnov test for first order stochastic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003317940
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Works councils, labor productivity and plant heterogeneity : first evidence from quantile regressions
Wagner, Joachim; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; … - 2006
Using OLS and quantile regression methods and rich cross-section data sets for western and eastern Germany, this paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003317950
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Firmenalter und Firmenperformance : empirische Befunde zu Unterschieden zwischen jungen und alten Firmen in Deutschland
Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003317996
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Exporte und Produktivität in mittelständischen Betrieben : Befunde aus der niedersächsischen Industrie (1995 - 2004)
Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2005
Mikroökonometrische Studien mit Firmendaten aus vielen Ländern zeigen, dass exportierende Firmen eine höhere Produktivität aufweisen als Firmen, die lediglich den jeweiligen Binnenmarkt ihres Sitzlandes beliefern, und dass es einen Selbstselektionsprozess der produktiveren Firmen auf...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003318002
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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 …-by-importing. -- Imports ; exports ; productivity ; enterprise panel data ; Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793388