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Westdeutschland, aber höher als in Ostdeutschland. In Niedersachsen wie im übrigen Westdeutschland und in Ostdeutschland gilt, dass im … Unternehmen aus den verschiedenen Gruppen unterscheiden sich zwischen den Teilen Deutschlands nur geringfügig. -- Import ; Export … ; Produktivität ; Firmendaten ; Niedersachsen …
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Using a unique German firm-level data set, we provide empirical evidence for a productivity sorting along two dimensions: international activity and technology choice. We consider domestic and exporting firms and measure technology choice by firms' actual use of advanced information technology...
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This paper assesses the effect on total factor productivity (TFP) of a change in the status of a firm from domestic producer to either exporter or subsidiary of a multinational firm. It is an extension of earlier work that looks solely on the effect of exporting on TFP (Girma et al, 2003 and...
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This paper investigates the relationship between firm heterogeneity and a firm's decision to export, using the annual … find that entry sunk costs and firm characteristics are important factors in explaining a firm's decision to export … implications. Export platform FDI is used to explain the behavior of foreign firms that invest in Thailand. Using three measures of …
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This paper studies how the presence of multinational enterprises affects the export performance of Bulgarian … manufacturing firms - Export spillovers from FDI. Using export data at the firm/product/destination level for the period 2004 …-2006, we find positive forward spillover on export value and quantity, related to quality upgrading. Conversely, we find …
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Whether a firm is able to attract foreign capital and whether it may participate at the export market depends on …
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This paper investigates the presence of productivity spillovers due to exporting. In particular, we examine whether productivity gains from exporting spillover upstream (to suppliers), downstream (to customers) or horizontally (to competitors). Using plant-level data on Indonesian manufacturing...
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We investigate the impact of international outsourcing on productivity using plant level data for Irish manufacturing. Specifically, we distinguish the effect of outsourcing of materials from services inputs. Moreover, we examine whether the impact on productivity is different for plants being...
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In this paper, we analyze the joint effect of persistency in innovation and export on firms' total factor productivity … and in export and the existence of different pathways linking them. We distinguish between persistent and temporary … productivity results than persistently exporting (innovating) firms with no persistent innovation (export). Combining both …
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theoretical predictions we find that foreign-owned firms do export more goods to more countries after controlling for firm size …
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