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Wagner, Joachim - 2007

presents the first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between exports and productivity for Germany, a leading actor on …. Results for West Germany support the hypothesis that the productivity differential between exporters and non-exporters is at …

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Exports and productivity growth: first evidence from a continuous treatment approach

Fryges, Helmut; Wagner, Joachim - 2007

A recent survey of 54 micro-econometric studies reveals that exporting firms are more productive than non-exporters. On the other hand, previous empirical studies show that exporting does not necessarily improve productivity. One possible reason for this result is that most previous studies are...

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Why more West than East German firms export

Wagner, Joachim - 2007

Using unique new data and a recently introduced non-linear decomposition technique this paper shows that the huge difference in the propensity to export between West and East German plants is to a large part due to differences in firm size and human capital intensity.

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The shadows of the past: how implicit institutions influence entrepreneurship

Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Gold, Robert; … - 2009

influence on risk attitudes and opportunity recognition. We conduct a natural experiment based on Germany’s recent … history and compare individuals born and raised in the former socialist East Germany (GDR) with their West Germany (FRG …) counterparts. Our analysis confirms the expected difference in values between individuals from East and West Germany and also shows …

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How general conditions affect regional innovation systems: The case of the two Germanys

Fritsch, Michael; Graf, Holger - 2010

We compare two leading regional innovation systems (RIS) in East Germany with two RIS in West Germany of about the same …

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New rationales for innovation policy?: a comparison of the systems of innovation policy approach and the neoclassical perspective

Schröter, Alexandra - 2009

, is considered an alternative to neoclassical theory. Its goal is to provide new rationales and criteria for innovation … in comparison to the rationales and criteria of standard economic theory. The aim of this paper is to critically … compared to neoclassical theory. …

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A sociological perspective on measuring social norms by means of strategy method experiments

Rauhut, Heiko; Winter, Fabian - 2009

The measurement of social norms plays a pivotal role in many social sciences. While economists predominantly conduct experiments, sociologists rather employ (factorial) surveys. Both methods, however, suffer from distinct weaknesses. Experiments, on the one hand, often fall short in the...

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