Subsidies and exports in Germany: first evidence from enterprise panel data
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In: Applied Economics Quarterly, Vol. 55, No. 3, 07.2009, p. 179-195.
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T1 - Subsidies and exports in Germany
T2 - first evidence from enterprise panel data
AU - Girma, Sourafel
AU - Görg, Holger
AU - Wagner, Joachim
N1 - Literaturverz. S. 194 - 195
PY - 2009/7
Y1 - 2009/7
N2 - We use newly available representative panel data for manufacturing enterprises in West and East Germany to investigate the link between production-related subsidies and exports. We report that only a small fraction of enterprises is subsidized, and that exports and subsidies are positively related. Using a matching approach to investigate the causal effect of subsidies on export activities we find no impact of subsidies on the probability to start exporting, and only weak evidence for an impact of subsidies on the share of exports in total sales in West Germany but no evidence in East Germany.
AB - We use newly available representative panel data for manufacturing enterprises in West and East Germany to investigate the link between production-related subsidies and exports. We report that only a small fraction of enterprises is subsidized, and that exports and subsidies are positively related. Using a matching approach to investigate the causal effect of subsidies on export activities we find no impact of subsidies on the probability to start exporting, and only weak evidence for an impact of subsidies on the share of exports in total sales in West Germany but no evidence in East Germany.
KW - Economics
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/bb52b79a-eb82-33f6-949c-366485d3a81c/
U2 - 10.3790/aeq.55.3.179
DO - 10.3790/aeq.55.3.179
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 55
SP - 179
EP - 195
JO - Applied Economics Quarterly
JF - Applied Economics Quarterly
SN - 1611-6607
IS - 3
ER -