This paper makes three contributions. (1) It summarizes in tabular form a recent literature made of 36 micro-econometric studies for 16 different countries on the relationship between export destination and firm performance. (2) It reports estimates of the productivity premium of German firms...

This paper makes three contributions. (1) It summarizes in tabular form a recent literature made of 36 micro-econometric studies for 16 different countries on the relationship between export destination and firm performance. (2) It reports estimates of the productivity premium of German firms...

This paper reports estimates of the productivity premium of German firms exporting to the Euro‐zone and beyond, controlling for unobserved time‐invariant firm‐specific effects. Furthermore, it tests for self‐selection of more productive firms into exporting beyond the Euro‐zone. The...

Mit einem neu verfügbaren repräsentativen Längsschnittdatensatz für 1999 bis 2006 dokumentiert die vorliegende Studie erstmals umfassend für deutsche Industrieunternehmen die Verbreitung von subventionierten und nicht subventionierten Unternehmen in West- und Ostdeutschland und die...

Zahlreiche Untersuchungen belegen, dass exportierende Firmen den nur für den Inlandsmarkt produzierenden Firmen in vieler Hinsicht überlegen sind. Eine offene Frage ist, wie und in welchem Maße diese Firmen vom Export profitieren. Eine Befragung von exportierenden Firmen aus den IHK-Bezirken...

This paper uses unique new data for German manufacturing enterprises from matched regular surveys and a special purpose survey to investigate the causal effect of relocation of activities to a foreign country on various dimensions of firm performance. Enterprises that relocated activities abroad...