arguably very high, so only productive firms can achieve this (Schroeder et al. 2003). Low productivity firms, by contrast, may … firms we investigate the relationship between firm productivity and the use of export intermediaries. Our estimation results … take simultaneity problems into account and reveal that indeed low productivity firms tend to export through intermediaries …

This paper investigates the sources of total factor productivity growth in the German manufacturing sector, 1981 …-1998. Decomposition formulae for aggregate productivity growth are used to identify the effects of structural change and entry-exit on … aggregate productivity growth. Documented is a substantial rise of productivity growth after the German reunification. The bulk …