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 and human capital intensity.
| Author: | Joachim WagnerORCiDGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:gbv:luen4-opus4-4641 |
| URL: | https://pub-data.leuphana.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/464 |
| Series (Serial Number): | University of Lüneburg Working paper series in economics (42) |
| Document Type: | ResearchPaper |
| Language: | English |
| Year of Completion: | 2007 |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2007/04/02 |
| Release Date: | 2007/04/02 |
| Tag: | East Germany; Exports; West Germany; micro data |
| GND Keyword: | Export; Personenbezogene Daten; Westdeutschland; Ostdeutschland |
| Institutes: | Universität / Frühere Fachbereiche |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 33 Wirtschaft / 330 Wirtschaft |
