This study analyses empirically the effects of import competition on firm productivity (TFPQ) using administrative firm … positive incentives for firms to invest in productivity improvement, whereas import competition from middle- and low …. Costly investment in productivity appears feasible reaction to such type of competition and we find no evidence for …

This study analyzes empirically the effects of import competition on firm productivity (TFPQ) using administrative firm … positive incentives for firms to invest in productivity improvement, whereas import competition from middle- and low …. Costly investment in productivity appears feasible reaction to such type of competition and we find no evidence for …

European productivity shock. e focus lies on the national and county level (including 402 counties). As the e ects on regional … that the "Hartz IV-Reform" and the German productivity contributes positively to the decline of unemployment, whereas the … increase in Eastern European productivity is only responsible for a minor increase in unemployment. …

economy and society. With a new and comprehensive data set on manufacturing plants, I investigate the exporter productivity … premium of female-run firms in Germany. The results show that female-run firms gain a higher exporter-productivity premium …

with and the number of goods traded) and firm productivity using a newly constructed and rich panel data set of German … significantly and positively associated with firm-level productivity both for West and East German firms in cross …-sectional estimations, which is in line with the previous literature. Productivity is higher in firms that import and export more goods and …

manufacturing firms. First, there is a negative correlation between firms' productivity and their export share to low … found between the share of exports to lowincome countries and either productivity or R&D intensity is never in line with the …

. Size, productivity and previous exporting experience appear to be decisive factors in dealing with at-the-border and behind …

product and process innovation among exporting firms and these innovations have a larger impact on productivity improvement in … than firms that only sell in the domestic market, and, subsequently, have higher rates of productivity growth. The …' productivity growth and incentive to invest in R&D. …

with and the number of goods traded) and firm productivity using a newly constructed and rich panel data set of German … significantly and positively associated with firm-level productivity both for West and East German firms in cross …-sectional estimations, which is in line with the previous literature. Productivity is higher in firms that import and export more goods and …

with and the number of goods traded) and firm productivity using a newly constructed and rich panel data set of German … significantly and positively associated with firm-level productivity both for West and East German firms in crosssectional … estimations, which is in line with the previous literature. Productivity is higher in firms that import and export more goods and …