Germany, this paper presents the first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between exports and profitability. It … documents that the positive profitability differential of exporters compared to non-exporters is statistically significant …. Instead, we use a newly developed continuous treatment approach and show that exporting improves the profitability almost over …

age and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … correlation of age on firms' profitability. Moreover, our micro-econometric analysis reveals for the first time that the ceteris … level of profitability in these firms …

This paper documents for the first time the relationship between profitability and three types of international trade … ; profitability …

This article analyzes persistence and the drivers of profitability in US and EU food processing using GMM estimations … sectors. Firm-specific drivers of profitability are size, growth and financial risk. Regarding industry characteristics the … growth rate significantly influences profitability. The findings provide insights for the management of food processing firms …