Many plant-level studies find that average wages in exporting firms are higher than in non-exporting firms from the same industry and region. This paper uses a large set of linked employer-employee data from Germany to analyze this exporter wage premium. We show that the wage differential...

In jüngster Zeit ist ein zunehmendes Interesse an der modelltheoretischen und empirischen Analyse von Mehrproduktunternehmen zu verzeichnen. Mit einem neu verfügbaren repräsentativen Längsschnittdatensatz für 1995 bis 2004 dokumentiert die vorliegende Studie erstmals umfassend für deutsche...

We use a unique rich newly built data set for German manufacturing enterprises to investigate the product differentiation firm performance relationship. We find that an increase in the degree of product diversification has a negative impact on profitability when observed and unobserved firm...

We use a unique rich newly built data set for German manufacturing enterprises to investigate the relationship between product diversification and the stability of sales and employment. We find that contrary to portfolio theoretic considerations more diversified firms exhibit a higher...

In jüngster Zeit ist ein zunehmendes Interesse an der modelltheoretischen und empirischen Analyse von Mehrproduktunternehmen zu verzeichnen. Mit einem neu verfügbaren repräsentativen Längsschnittdatensatz für 1995 bis 2004 dokumentiert die vorliegende Studie erstmals umfassend für deutsche...

Many plant-level studies find that average wages in exporting firms are higher than in non-exporting firms from the same industry and region. This paper uses a large set of linked employer-employee data from Germany to analyze this exporter wage premium. We show that the wage differential...

We use a unique rich newly built data set for German manufacturing enterprises to investigate the relationship between product diversification and the stability of sales and employment. We find that contrary to portfolio theoretic considerations more diversified firms exhibit a higher...

We use a unique rich newly built data set for German manufacturing enterprises to investigate the product differentiation – firm performance relationship. We find that an increase in the degree of product diversification has a negative impact on profitability when observed and unobserved firm...

This paper aims at examining the role played by inward Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in affecting the exit probabilities of German manufacturing firms in the precrisis year 2007. We introduce two main novelties: in the first place, we include the FDI variable, dividing it between types of...

We investigate the impact of environmental regulation on firm performance and investment behavior. Exploiting the case of a German water withdrawal regulation that is managed on the state level, we analyze firms' reactions to an increase in the water tax using a regression- adjusted...