Why More West than East German Firms Export

Joachim Wagner ()

No 2656, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Using unique new data and a recently introduced non-linear decomposition technique this paper shows that the huge difference in the propensity to export between West and East German plants is to a large part due to differences in firm size and human capital intensity.

Keywords: West Germany; micro data; exports; East Germany (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 10 pages
Date: 2007-03
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Published - published in: International Economics and Economic Policy, 2008, 5 (4), 363-370

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Working Paper: Why more West than East German firms export (2007)
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