policy makers in an evidence based way. This holds true especially for Germany, a leading actor on the world markets for …

comparable enterprise level data from France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Exporters are more productive and pay higher wages … significantly smaller in Germany, significantly larger in France, and does not differ significantly in the UK. The results for wages …

manufacturing enterprises in Germany, one of the leading actors in the world market for goods. We show that the premium decreases …

This paper documents the relationship between foreign ownership and firm survival for enterprises in Germany using … providing the first evidence on the role of foreign ownership for firm survival in Germany, one of the most important … for foreign owned firms in West Germany but not in East Germany …

developed country. It uses unique new data from Germany - one of the leading actors on the world market for services - that …

, imports and two-way trade. It uses unique new representative data for manufacturing enterprises from Germany, one of the …

Using a large administrative dataset for Germany, this paper compares employment developments in exiting and surviving … establishments. For both West and East Germany we find a clear "shadow of death" effect reflecting lingering illness: establishments … are more clearly visible in West than in East Germany. Our results also hold when applying a matching approach …

development (R&D)) for a large representative sample of enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany using unique newly …