Exports and productivity in the German business services sector: first evidence from the turnover tax statistics panel
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Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 2008. (Working paper series in economics; Nr. 89).
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TY - UNPB
T1 - Exports and productivity in the German business services sector
T2 - first evidence from the turnover tax statistics panel
AU - Vogel, Alexander
N1 - Literaturverz. S. 22 - 24
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - A wide range of empirical studies has analysed the relationship between exports and productivity in the manufacturing sector. By contrast, a detailed investigation of the services sector has remained neglected. To close this gap, this paper provides first evidence about export and productivity in the German business services sector. The database used is the German turnover tax statistics panel, which allows for the first time a detailed longitudinal analyses of exporting business services enterprises. Similar to the manufacturing sector, these enterprises are more productive than non-exporters, and more productive business services enterprises self-select into export markets. However, no evidence is found concerning the hypotheses that exporting increases productivity.
AB - A wide range of empirical studies has analysed the relationship between exports and productivity in the manufacturing sector. By contrast, a detailed investigation of the services sector has remained neglected. To close this gap, this paper provides first evidence about export and productivity in the German business services sector. The database used is the German turnover tax statistics panel, which allows for the first time a detailed longitudinal analyses of exporting business services enterprises. Similar to the manufacturing sector, these enterprises are more productive than non-exporters, and more productive business services enterprises self-select into export markets. However, no evidence is found concerning the hypotheses that exporting increases productivity.
KW - Economics
KW - export
KW - producitivity
KW - business services
KW - panel data
M3 - Working papers
T3 - Working paper series in economics
BT - Exports and productivity in the German business services sector
PB - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg
CY - Lüneburg
ER -