provides first evidence about export and productivity in the German business services sector. The database used is the German … business services enterprises self-select into export markets. However, no evidence is found concerning the hypotheses that …

reason for this result is that most previous studies are restricted to analysing the relationship between a firm's export … status and the growth of its labour productivity, using the firms' export status as a binary treatment variable and comparing … score (GPS) methodology that allows for continuous treatment, that is, different levels of the firms' export activities …

-selection of innovative services firms on export markets. We have to admit, however, that the panel is too short, and that the … number of firms that start to export and start to perform R&D during the period under investigation is too small, for any …

line, then, is that R&D activity does matter for success of German business services firms on export markets - but not much. …

subsidies on export activities we find no impact of subsidies on the probability to start exporting, and only weak evidence for …

2011) in a model that explains the decision of heterogeneous firms to export and to engage in R&D. Using a non … export nor engage in R&D. These results are in line with findings for firms from manufacturing industries. The model …