trade and wages across types of products. In particular, firms that increase their exports (imports) of high- (intermediate …The analysis of the effects of firm-level international trade on wages has so far focused on the role of exports, which … are also typically treated as a composite good. However, we show in this paper that firm-level imports can actually be a …

This paper documents the relationship between firm survival and three types of international trade activities - exports …, imports and two-way trade. It uses unique new representative data for manufacturing enterprises from Germany, one of the … imports and two-way trading for firm survival in a highly developed country. Descriptive statistics and regression analysis …

between 1988 and 2003 using a two-stage estimation procedure. In the first stage, we use data on 9820 firms from twenty … stage, we relate our parameters of interest to trade variables. Our results show that imports from developed countries have …

document the first empirical results on the relationship between imports and productivity for Germany, a leading actor on the … imports ('learning-by-importing'). We find a positive link between importing and productivity. From an empirical model with … productive enterprises into imports, but no evidence for positive effects of importing on productivity due to learning-by-importing …

assessment of 51 empirical studies on exports and firm characteristics that use data for German establishments or enterprises …

activities – exports, imports and two-way trade. It uses unique new representative data for manufacturing enterprises from …

the determining factors when carrying out the estimation for individual countries …