Mit einem neu verfügbaren repräsentativen Längsschnittdatensatz für 1999 bis 2006 dokumentiert die vorliegende Studie erstmals umfassend für deutsche Industrieunternehmen die Verbreitung von subventionierten und nicht subventionierten Unternehmen in West- und Ostdeutschland und die...

This paper contributes to the empirical literature on the co-determination firm performance nexus by using a new type of data that combines information on the co-determination status of enterprises from a commercial data base and supplementary information collected from the firms with...

From a model by Hopenhayn, three hypotheses can be derived: (H1) Firms that exit in year t were less productive in t-1 than firms that continue to produce in t. (H2) Firms that enter in year t are less productive than incumbent firms in year t. (H3) Surviving firms from an entry cohort were more...

Using newly available representative longitudinal data for German manufacturing enterprises over the period 1999 to 2006 this study presents the first comprehensive empirical evidence on subsidized and non-subsidized firms in East and West Germany. The share of subsidized firms in all firms was...

Zahlreiche Untersuchungen belegen, dass exportierende Firmen den nur für den Inlandsmarkt produzierenden Firmen in vieler Hinsicht überlegen sind. Eine offene Frage ist, wie und in welchem Maße diese Firmen vom Export profitieren. Eine Befragung von exportierenden Firmen aus den IHK-Bezirken...

This paper uses unique new data for German manufacturing enterprises from matched regular surveys and a special purpose survey to investigate the causal effect of relocation of activities to a foreign country on various dimensions of firm performance. Enterprises that relocated activities abroad...

This paper uses unique new data for German manufacturing enterprises from matched regular surveys and a special purpose survey to investigate the causal effect of relocation of activities to a foreign country on various dimensions of firm performance. Enterprises that relocated activities abroad...

This paper contributes to the literature on international firm activities and firm performance by providing the first evidence on the link of productivity and both exports and foreign direct investment (fdi) in services firms from a highly developed country. It uses unique new data from Germany...