Exports, R&D and productivity in German business services firms: A test of the bustos-model
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Microeconometric Studies Of Firms Imports And Exports: Advanced Methods Of Analysis And Evidence From German Enterprises. ed. / Joachim Wagner. World Scientific Publishing Co., 2021. p. 287-293.
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Exports, R&D and productivity in German business services firms
T2 - A test of the bustos-model
AU - Vogel, Alexander
AU - Wagner, Joachim
PY - 2021/2/25
Y1 - 2021/2/25
N2 - This paper uses newly available data for German business services firms to test a hypothesis derived by Bustos (AER 2011) in a model that explains the decision of heterogeneous firms to export and to engage in R&D. Using a non-parametric test for first order stochastic dominance it is shown that, in line with this hypothesis, the productivity distribution of firms with exports and R&D dominates that of exporters without R&D, which in turn dominates that of firms that neither export nor engage in R&D. These results are in line with findings for firms from manufacturing industries. The model, therefore, seems to be useful to guide empirical work on the relation between exports, R&D and productivity for services firms, too.
AB - This paper uses newly available data for German business services firms to test a hypothesis derived by Bustos (AER 2011) in a model that explains the decision of heterogeneous firms to export and to engage in R&D. Using a non-parametric test for first order stochastic dominance it is shown that, in line with this hypothesis, the productivity distribution of firms with exports and R&D dominates that of exporters without R&D, which in turn dominates that of firms that neither export nor engage in R&D. These results are in line with findings for firms from manufacturing industries. The model, therefore, seems to be useful to guide empirical work on the relation between exports, R&D and productivity for services firms, too.
KW - Business services firms
KW - Exports
KW - Germany
KW - Productivity
KW - R and D
KW - Economics
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85109613108&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1142/9781786349699_0016
DO - 10.1142/9781786349699_0016
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85109613108
SN - 9781786349682
SP - 287
EP - 293
BT - Microeconometric Studies Of Firms Imports And Exports
A2 - Wagner, Joachim
PB - World Scientific Publishing Co.
ER -