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Are low-productive exporters marginal exporters? Evidence from Germany
Wagner, Joachim - In: Economics Bulletin 33 (2013) 1, pp. 467-481
-productivity exporters are not marginal exporters defined according to the share of exports in total sales, or export participation over time …
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Exports, R&D and productivity: a test of the Bustos-model with German enterprise data
Wagner, Joachim - In: Economics Bulletin 32 (2012) 3, pp. 1942-1948
firms with exports and R&D dominates that of exporters without R&D, which in turn dominates that of firms that neither … guide empirical work on the relation between exports, R&D and productivity. …
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Productivity and the extensive margins of trade in German manufacturing firms: Evidence from a non-parametric test
Wagner, Joachim - In: Economics Bulletin 32 (2012) 4, pp. 3061-3070
This paper contributes to the literature by comparing the productivity distribution for firms with various numbers of goods traded and various numbers of countries traded with from Germany, one of the leading actors on the world market for goods. It applies a non-parametric test for first-order...
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What makes a high-quality exporter? Evidence from Germany
Wagner, Joachim - In: Economics Bulletin 34 (2014) 2, pp. 865-874
of input factors and the quality of exports in enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany, one of the leading …
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Exports and firm profitability: Quality matters!
Wagner, Joachim - In: Economics Bulletin 34 (2014) 3, pp. 1644-1652
profitability and the quality of exports in enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany, one of the leading actors on the …
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Non-Collusive Oligopoly and Business Cycle: Some Further Evidence
Resende, Marcelo - In: Economics Bulletin 32 (2012) 1, pp. 883-893
The paper examines the differential exercise of market power over the business cycle in the context of selected sectors in the Canadian manufacturing industry during the 1992-1/2007-4 period. In particular, empirical implications of non-collusive models previously explored by Wilson and Reynolds...
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Productivity and the product scope of multi-product firms: a test of Feenstra-Ma
Raff, Horst; Wagner, Joachim - In: Economics Bulletin 33 (2013) 1, pp. 415-419
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...
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Is firm growth proportional? An appraisal of firm size distribution
Lotti, Francesca; Santarelli, Enrico - In: Economics Bulletin 12 (2001) 6, pp. 1-7
The aim of this paper is to shed light on the phenomenon of firm growth, analyzing the evolution of young firms within some selected industries. We find that the firm size distribution is fairly skewed to the right during the infancy stage, whereas it converges towards a more symmetric...
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Heritage and Firm Survival - An Analysis of German Automobile Spinoffs 1886-1939
Rhein, Kristina von - In: Economics Bulletin 12 (2008) 13, pp. 1-8
be measured in two ways, either in terms of their survival duration or concerning their innovative activity. In this … paper, the survival chances of spinoffs in the German automobile industry regarding the success of their parents will be … Cox regressions show that spinoffs of old parents have better survival chances than those of innovative parents. …
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Heritage and Firm Survival - An Analysis of German Automobile Spinoffs 1886-1939
Rhein, Kristina von - In: Economics Bulletin 12 (2008) 13, pp. 1-8
be measured in two ways, either in terms of their survival duration or concerning their innovative activity. In this … paper, the survival chances of spinoffs in the German automobile industry regarding the success of their parents will be … Cox regressions show that spinoffs of old parents have better survival chances than those of innovative parents. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010629837