Why more West than East German firms export

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 human capital intensity..

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Year of publication:	2007
Authors:	Wagner, Joachim
Institutions:	Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena>
Subject:	Unternehmen \| Export \| export \| Daten

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Extent:	214016 bytes 9 p. application/pdf
Series:	Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik - Abteilung Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy Discussion Papers on Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy ; 1407
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	F14 - Country and Industry Studies of Trade ; Management and organisation. Other aspects ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; GERMANY
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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