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On the micro-structure of the German export boom : evidence from establishment panel data, 1995 - 2002
Wagner, Joachim - 2003
This paper uses an unbalanced panel data set for exporting firms from manufacturing industries in one German federal state, Lower Saxony, to investigate the micro-structure of the recent export boom. Looking at data for 1995/96 to 2001/2002 it is demonstrated that a considerable number of plants...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013430560
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Daten des IAB-Betriebspanels und Firmenpaneldaten aus Erhebungen der Amtlichen Statistik: Substitutive oder komplementäre Inputs für die Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung?
Wagner, Joachim - 2012
werden können, stammen in Deutschland vor allem aus zwei Quellen, dem IAB-Betriebspanel und den AFiD-Panel, wobei das Akronym … AFiD für Amtliche Firmendaten für Deutschland steht, die von den Statistischen Ämtern erhoben werden. In diesem Vortrag … Deutschland sowohl das IAB-Betriebspanel als auch die AFiD-Panel enthalten muss, denn nur so ist sicher gestellt, dass ein …
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Exports, foreign direct investment, and productivity: Evidence from German firm level data
Wagner, Joachim - 2005
This paper presents the first empirical test with German establishment level data of a hypothesis derived by Helpman, Melitz and Yeaple in a model that explains the decision of heterogeneous firms to serve foreign markets either trough exports or foreign direct investment: only the more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295451
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Unobserved firm heterogeneity and the size-exports nexus: Evidence from German panel data
Wagner, Joachim - 2002
This paper starts from the stylized fact that firm size and exporting tends to be positively related. Using large sets of establishment panel data for three different industries from official statistics evidence is presented that the familiar picture of an export/sales ratio that ceteris paribus...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295516
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International Firm Activities and Innovation: Evidence from Knowledge Production Functions for German Firms
Wagner, Joachim - 2006
Using a knowledge production framework and a rich set of plant level data this study demonstrates that in Germany firms that are active on international markets as exporters or foreign direct investors do generate more new knowledge than firms which sell on the national market only. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295533
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Who is afraid of political risk? Multinational firms and their choice of capital structure
Kesternich, Iris; Schnitzer, Monika - 2009
This paper investigates how multinational firms choose the capital structure of their foreign affiliates in response to political risk. We focus on two choice variables, the leverage and the ownership structure of the foreign affiliate, and we distinguish different types of political risk, such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298749
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Financial Constraints and the Margins of FDI
Buch, Claudia M.; Kesternich, Iris; Lipponer, Alexander; … - 2009
Recent literature on multinational firms has stressed the importance of low productivity as a barrier to the cross-border expansion of firms. But firms may also need external finance to shoulder the costs of entering foreign markets. We develop a model of multinational firms facing real and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333960
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International Firm Activities and Innovation: Evidence from Knowledge Production Functions for German Firms
Wagner, Joachim - 2006
Using a knowledge production framework and a rich set of plant level data this study demonstrates that in Germany firms that are active on international markets as exporters or foreign direct investors do generate more new knowledge than firms which sell on the national market only. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263562
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International firm activities and innovation: evidence from knowledge production functions for German firms
Wagner, Joachim - 2006
Using a knowledge production framework and a rich set of plant level data this study demonstrates that in Germany firms that are active on international markets as exporters or foreign direct investors do generate more new knowledge than firms which sell on the national market only. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265102
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Exports, foreign direct investment and productivity: evidence from German firm level data
Wagner, Joachim - 2005
This paper presents the first empirical test with German establishment level data of a hypothesis derived by Helpman, Melitz and Yeaple in a model that explains the decision of heterogeneous firms to serve foreign markets either trough exports or foreign direct investment: only the more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265111