Arbeitspapier

Exports and productivity in the German business services sector: first evidence from the turnover tax statistics panel

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.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Working Paper Series in Economics ; No. 89

Classification
Wirtschaft
Empirical Studies of Trade
Multinational Firms; International Business
Industry Studies: Services: Other
Subject
Export
productivity
business services
panel data
Unternehmensdienstleistung
Export
Internationaler Dienstleistungsverkehr
Produktivität
Panel
Deutschland

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Vogel, Alexander
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre
(where)
Lüneburg
(when)
2008

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  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Vogel, Alexander
  • Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre

Time of origin

  • 2008

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