Why more west than east German firms export
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Date of first publication2007-04-02
Date of publication in PubData 2024-08-23
Language of the resource
English
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Export; Micro Data; West Germany; East Germany; Export; Personenbezogene Daten; Westdeutschland; Ostdeutschland
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42