Exports, foreign direct investment, and productivity: evidence from German firm level data

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This study presents the first empirical test with German establishment level data of a hypothesis derived by Helpman et al. (2004) in a model that explains the decision of heterogeneous firms to serve foreign markets either through exports or foreign direct investment: only the more productive firms choose to serve the foreign markets, and the most productive among this group will further choose to serve these markets via foreign direct investments. Using a non-parametric test for first order stochastic dominance it is shown that, in line with this hypothesis, the productivity distribution of foreign direct investors dominates that of exporters, which in turn dominates that of national market suppliers.

Original languageEnglish
JournalApplied Economics Letters
Volume13
Issue number6
Pages (from-to)347-349
Number of pages3
ISSN1350-4851
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15.05.2006

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