-exporters. However, many firms from the lower end of the productivity distribution are exporters. Germany is a case in point. A recent … study reports that these low-productivity exporters are not marginal exporters defined according to the share of exports in … total sales, or export participation over time, or the number of goods exported, or the number of countries exported to …

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 line with this hypothesis, the productivity distribution of … export nor engage in R&D. These results are in line with findings for Argentina reported by Bustos, and with findings for …

this exporter productivity premium is due to extra costs of exporting that can be covered only by more productive firms … fixed-effects estimator, no such exporter productivity premium is found for firms from manufacturing and services industries … systematically investigate the role of outliers and unobserved firm heterogeneity for estimates of the exporter productivity premium …

While the role of exports in promoting growth in general, and productivity in particular, has been investigated … at the firm level been used to look at the extent and causes of productivity differentials between exporters and their …, exporters are found to be more productive than non-exporters, and the more productive firms self-select into export markets …

first order stochastic dominance it is shown that, in line with this hypothesis, the productivity distribution of foreign … direct investment ; productivity ; heterogeneous firms ; stochastic dominance …

Hintergrund der internationalen Evidenz zum Zusammenhang zwischen Exporttätigkeit und Produktivität diskutiert. -- Export …

Unternehmen aus den verschiedenen Gruppen unterscheiden sich zwischen den Teilen Deutschlands nur geringfügig. -- Import ; Export …