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Foreign and domestic takeovers in Germany: First comparative evidence on the post-acquisition target performance using new data

Weche Gelübcke, John P. - 2012

This study provides the first comparative evidence of foreign and domestic acquisitions in Germany. A propensity score … Germany which find significant productivity improvements and no changes in terms of employment. These findings are of … particular interest to Germany as one of the most important FDI in ow destinations worldwide. They contribute to the foreign …

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Exports, R&D and productivity in German business services firms: A test of the Bustos-model

Vogel, Alexander; Wagner, Joachim - 2012

This paper uses newly available data for German business services firms to test a hypothesis derived by Bustos (AER 2011) in a model that explains the decision of heterogeneous firms to export and to engage in R&D. Using a non-parametric test for first order stochastic dominance it is shown...

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Foreign and domestic takeovers in Germany: Cherry-picking and lemon-grabbing

Weche-Gelübcke, John P. - 2012

This study focuses on ex ante performance of domestic and foreign takeover targets in Germany, one of the most …

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Exports, R&D and productivity: A test of the Bustos-model with German enterprise data

Wagner, Joachim - 2012

This paper presents the first empirical test with German firm level data of a hypothesis derived by Bustos (AER 2011) in a model that explains the decision of heterogeneous firms to export and to engage in R&D. Using a non-parametric test for first order stochastic dominance it is shown that, in...

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Trading many goods with many countries: Exporters and importers from German manufacturing industries

Wagner, Joachim - 2012

In Germany, for the reporting year 2009 transaction-level data on exports and imports of goods have been aggregated at …

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Credit constraints and exports: Evidence for German manufacturing enterprises

Wagner, Joachim - 2012

This study uses newly available enterprise level data for firms from manufacturing industries in Germany to test for …

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Productivity and the extensive margins of trade in German manufacturing firms: Evidence from a non-parametric test

Wagner, Joachim - 2012

goods traded and various numbers of countries traded with from Germany, one of the leading actors on the world market for …

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Productivity and the product scope of multi-product firms: A test of Feenstra-Ma

Raff, Horst; Wagner, Joachim - 2012

Feenstra and Ma (2008) develop a monopolistic competition model where firms choose their optimal product scope by balancing the profits from a new variety against the costs of cannibalizing sales of existing varieties. While more productive firms always have a higher market share, there is no...

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Exports and productivity in Germany

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 nonexporters is at …

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One-third codetermination at company supervisory boards and firm performance in German manufacturing industries: first direct evidence from a new type of enterprise data

Wagner, Joachim - 2009

This paper contributes to the empirical literature on the co-determination - firm performance nexus by using a new type of data that combines information on the co-determination status of enterprises from a commercial data base and supplementary information collected from the firms with...

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