first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between productivity and size of the export market for Germany, a leading … actor on the world market for manufactured goods. It documents that firms that export to countries inside the euro-zone are … more productive than firms that sell their products in Germany only, but less productive than firms that export to …

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

Germany over a 10 years period. We find that, while factor price adjustments are important in the non-tradable sector, labor …

Using comprehensive data for West Germany, this paper investigates the determinants of establishment exit. We find that …, which confirms the liability of smallness. The probability of exit is substantially higher for young establishments which … are not more than five years old, thus confirming the liability of newness. There also exists a liability of aging since …

commuting time in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and the UK, with male workers …