Germany we find evidence that imports are power-law distributed and that the distribution of imports in the industries can be … of idiosyncratic shocks to the largest firms in the dynamics of imports by firms from manufacturing industries. For … characterised as fat-tailed. Results show that idiosyncratic shocks to very large firms are important for the import dynamics in …

Germany we find evidence that imports are power-law distributed and that the distribution of imports in the industries can be … of idiosyncratic shocks to the largest firms in the dynamics of imports by firms from manufacturing industries. For … characterised as fat-tailed. Results show that idiosyncratic shocks to very large firms are important for the import dynamics in …

von der Statistik als Exporteure ausgewiesen (Import: 17 %). Im Verarbeitenden Gewerbe liegt die Exporteurquote der KMU …The international trade with goods and services is of large importance for German SMEs. Exports and imports have ….000 SMEs were exporters while 512.000 SMEs engaged in import activities. All in all, official statistics classify approx. 11 …

both between states and between industries. For imports within the NAFTA region, the growth rates vary more between …

. The U.S. also imports these types of goods, though to a lesser degree. In addition, engineering and science content of U … increased demand for engineering- and science-based goods, more so for exports than imports. Policies recommended include skill …

import substitution process in the Brazilian manufacturing. The analysis is carried out by comparing the data for the years …, in general, an import substitution process after the devaluation of the Real and also that the external trade changes …

This paper investigates whether domestic firms’ productivity is an increasing function of imports from the most … causality going from imports to productivity. We also show that productivity is increasing in the G7-fraction of total imports …. Our results highlight the importance of import flows from R&D and knowledge intensive economies for productivity and are …

While Germany has a very open, export-oriented manufacturing sector, to date there has been little or no research on …