Germany's bank-based system of internal control, ownership concentration is harmful for productivity growth. …Productivity growth has been slow in many continental European countries over the last few decades, especially in … econometric analysis of firm performance in Germany. Based on a unique panel data set with detailed information on almost 400 …

This paper studies the relationship between export activities and firm-level productivity. Unique matching of German … a rise in firm-level productivity. That is, the annual average growth rate of an exporting firm's productivity is … foreign markets boosts firm-level productivity. …

This paper studies the relationship between export activities and firm-level productivity. Unique matching of German … a rise in firm-level productivity. That is, the annual average growth rate of an exporting firm's productivity is … foreign markets boosts firm-level productivity. …

productivity in Germany. This association increases with firm size. Comparison to a similar survey in the US indicates that the … at least in part to blame for the differences in aggregate productivity between Germany and the US … heterogeneity in management practices across establishments in Germany, with small firms having lower scores than large firms on …

We study the productivity level distributions of manufacturing firms in France and Germany, and how these distributions … evolved across the Great Recession. We show the presence of a systematic productivity advantage of German firms over French … the productivity distribution. We also highlight the role of sectoral growth, firm size and export intensity in explaining …

-13 on firm-level productivity in France, Italy and Spain. We show that relying on a single break date in 2008 misses both …-level productivity negatively, high-leverage firms suffer more from financial constraints only in Italy, when they are relatively small … productivity …

In a recent paper, Bloom et al. (2020) find evidence for a substantial decline in research productivity in the U ….S. economy during the last 40 years. In this paper, we replicate their findings for China and Germany, using detailed firm …

In a recent paper, Bloom et al. (2020) find evidence for a substantial decline in research productivity in the U ….S. economy during the last 40 years. In this paper, we replicate their findings for China and Germany, using detailed firm …