Theoretical and empirical contributions on export behavior highlight the importance of firms' productivity and their … levels of economies of scale on firms' export success in "foreign" markets. In the context of agglomeration economies, firms … knowledge spillovers and other positive externalities. In such a stimulating environment, firms become more prone to be …

"Theoretical and empirical contributions on export behavior highlight the importance of firms' productivity and their … levels of economies of scale on firms' export success in 'foreign' markets. In the context of agglomeration economies, firms … knowledge spillovers and other positive externalities. In such a stimulating environment, firms become more prone to be …

Theoretical and empirical contributions on export behavior highlight the importance of firms' productivity and their … levels of economies of scale on firms' export success in `foreign’ markets. In the context of agglomeration economies, firms … knowledge spillovers and other positive externalities. In such a stimulating environment, firms become more prone to be …

plants in Germany and, if so, in which direction. Hence, we aim at contributing to the still sparse empirical studies in this … regional agglomeration effects for Germany. Second, while earlier papers looked only at few sectors of the economy or only at …

and West Germany. In this paper I focus on the differences in new German manufacturing plants' location choices across the … the Offices of the Laender. The analysis provides first time evidence how in particular the location decision of firms in … plant to locate by 4 percent in overall Germany, by 7.6 percent among East German regions and by 26.5 percent in particular …

agglomeration by export destination. We reveal that firms selling to countries with worse business regulations, a dissimilar … exporters engage in more stable trade relationships with those countries that are the export destinations of nearby firms. On …' geographical agglomeration for firms' behavior and for the estimated welfare gains from trade. On the one hand, we find that …

services. Furthermore, estimating multilevel panel regression models, we investigate the sorting of highly innovative firms … and services, only some weak indication for positive effects of localization on radical innovations of manufacturing firms …

and West Germany. In this paper I focus on the differences in new German manufacturing plants' location choices across the … odds of a plant to locate by 4 percent in Germany overall, by 7.6 percent among East German regions and by 26.5 percent in … region in East Germany by 8.3 percent in particular for large plants. Policy implications emerge that address in particular …