This paper investigates the impact of energy policies on the export performance of firms. There has been a long policy … technologies. Regression analyses and matching approaches both show very few impacts of energy policy on export performance …

and export exposure. We find that the rise of "the East" in the world economy caused substantial job losses in German …We analyze the effects of the unprecedented rise in trade between Germany and "the East" - China and Eastern Europe … regions specialized in import-competing industries, both in manufacturing and beyond. Regions specialized in export …

control for issues of self-selection and endogeneity in the firms' decisions to export by providing fixed effects and …

2011) in a model that explains the decision of heterogeneous firms to export and to engage in R&D. Using a non … firms with exports and R&D dominates that of exporters without R&D, which in turn dominates that of firms that neither … export nor engage in R&D. These results are in line with findings for firms from manufacturing industries. The model …

, and exports. In line with hypotheses from theoretical model we find a positive link between a better credit rating score … of a firm and both the probability that the firm is an exporter and a higher share of exports in total sales. This link … hypothesis that credit constrained firms are less likely to start to export is at best weak, we find no evidence for a …

goods traded and various numbers of countries traded with from Germany, one of the leading actors on the world market for …

evidence on the link of productivity and both exports and foreign direct investment (fdi) in services firms from a highly … developed country. It uses unique new data from Germany - one of the leading actors on the world market for services - that … is evidence that firms with fdi are less productive than firms that export. …