-by-importing. -- Imports ; exports ; productivity ; enterprise panel data ; Germany …This paper uses a newly available comprehensive panel data set for manufacturing enterprises from 2001 to 2005 to … document the first empirical results on the relationship between imports and productivity for Germany, a leading actor on the …

-by-importing. -- Imports ; exports ; productivity ; enterprise panel data ; Germany …This paper uses a newly available comprehensive panel data set for manufacturing enterprises from 2001 to 2005 to … document the first empirical results on the relationship between imports and productivity for Germany, a leading actor on the …

structure on TFP growth for Germany from 1971 until 2000. The analysis builds on a theory by Acemoglu et al. (2003) relating … analysis is the recently collected productivity database for Germany. The Ifo Productivity Database, which is unique due to its …

This paper uses a newly available comprehensive panel data set for manufacturing enterprises from 2001 to 2005 to … document the first empirical results an the relationship between imports and productivity for Germany, a leading actor an the … for trading internationally are about the same in West and East Germany. Compared to firms that do not trade at all two …

rates. Improving on previous investigations on the topic, it combines a dynamic panel analysis of the effects of different …

This paper investigates whether firms innovate persistently or discontinuously over time using an innovation panel data …

additionally integrates research from industrial as well as labour economics. The analysis is based on the IAB Establishment Panel …