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National and international developments in technology – Trends, patterns and implications for policy

Koopmann, Georg; Münnich, Felix - 1999

Declining R&D intensities at the national level coincide with growing international technological links. Deviations of individual OECD countries from the average R&D intensity reflect differences in industry structure as well as in sectoral R&D intensity. At the same time, the sectoral...

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Unobserved firm heterogeneity and the size-exports nexus: Evidence from German panel data

Wagner, Joachim - 2002

This paper starts from the stylized fact that firm size and exporting tends to be positively related. Using large sets of establishment panel data for three different industries from official statistics evidence is presented that the familiar picture of an export/sales ratio that ceteris paribus...

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The causal effects of exports on firm size and labor productivity: First evidence from a matching approach

Wagner, Joachim - 2001

This paper uses a large plant level panel data set from Germany and a matching approach to look for causal effects of starting to export on plant performance. We find positive effects on growth of employment, labor productivity, and wages.

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Locating foreign affiliates in Germany: The case of Swedish MNEs

Braconier, Henrik; Ekholm, Karolina - 2001

schwedischer Tochtergesellschaften in Deutschland im Vergleich mit denen in anderen Ländern untersucht. Es zeigt sich, dass die … Multis, in Deutschland zu investieren. Dabei zeigt sich, dass die Standortentscheidung beeinflusst wird vom Niveau der … Lohnkosten in Deutschland und an anderen potentiellen Standorten in europäischen Hocheinkommensländern, aber nicht von den …

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Does firm size matter? Evidence on the impact of liquidity constraint on firm investment behavior in Germany

Audretsch, David B.; Elston, Julie Ann - 2000

This paper examines the link between liquidity constraints and investment behavior for German firms of different sizes from 1970 to 1986. Results indicate that medium sized firms appear to be more liquidity constrained in their investment behavior than either the smallest or largest firms in the...

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