paper reconsiders the relationship between the fraction of exports in total sales and firm characteristics in West and East … performance is found, while firm size is positively related to exporting in West Germany only. …

Germany is one of the leading actors on the world market for manufactured goods, but not every firm from a … manufacturing industry in Germany is an exporter. In 2006, the share of exporters in all enterprises was 69 percent in West Germany … and 52 percent in East Germany. Reliable information on the characteristics of exporting and non-exporting firms is …

policy makers in an evidence based way. This holds true especially for Germany, a leading actor on the world markets for … assessment of 51 empirical studies on exports and firm characteristics that use data for German establishments or enterprises …

policy makers in an evidence based way. This holds true especially for Germany, a leading actor on the world markets for … assessment of 51 empirical studies on exports and firm characteristics that use data for German establishments or enterprises …

and policy-makers with evidence-based guidance. This holds true especially for Germany, a leading actor on the world … markets for goods and services. This paper provides a synopsis and a critical assessment of 51 empirical studies on exports … model the share of exports in total sales and the missing control for unobserved firm heterogeneity. …

profitability and the quality of exports in enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany, one of the leading actors on the …

of input factors and the quality of exports in enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany, one of the leading …

’s exports and the distance to destination countries for Germany. To anticipate the most important result, it is shown that the …

This paper uses a tailor-made newly available data set for enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany to …

margins of exports empirically for the first time for Germany. Results turn out to be fully in line with the theoretical …