Germany, this paper presents the first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between exports and profitability. It … selfselection of more profitable firms into export markets. Due to the sampling frame of the data used we cannot test the hypothesis … the whole range of the export-sales ratio. Only firms that generate 90 percent and more of their total sales abroad do not …

, using a new and large employer survey on wage and price setting behaviour for Germany. We observe that wage freezes are more …

This study provides insights into the effects of public R&D grants on R&D input and output of firms from Germany …

presents the first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between exports and productivity for Germany, a leading actor on … into export mar-kets is found. There is no evidence for the hypothesis that plants which start to export perform better in …. Results for West Germany support the hypothesis that the productivity differential between exporters and non-exporters is at …

industries. The study is based on a new data source on subsidized R&D cooperation in Germany, which is presented in detail and …

the volumes of export of Ukrainian manufacturing firms, using unpublished panel data from 1996?2000. Economic theory …

Export is an important factor to improve growth and welfare especially for industrialized small, open economies such as … Belgium. Policy may be interested in key variables that can influence export. This paper finds evidence for the importance of … R&D for export activities using Belgian firm-level data. To control for reverse causality, R&D-subsidy variables are …