Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/28205 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper Series in Economics No. 89
Publisher: 
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Lüneburg
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
Export
productivity
business services
panel data
JEL: 
F14
F23
L89
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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