Foreign ownership and firm survival: First evidence for enterprises in Germany

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This paper documents the relationship between foreign ownership and firm survival for enterprises in Germany using unique tailor-made new representative data that merge information from surveys performed by the Statistical Offices, from administrative data collected by the Tax Authorities and from a commercial data provider. It contributes to the literature by providing the first evidence on the role of foreign ownership for firm survival in Germany, one of the most important destination countries for foreign direct investments. Our micro-econometric analysis reveals a ceteris paribus higher risk of exit for foreign owned firms in West Germany but not in East Germany.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 6207

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Multinational Firms; International Business ; Industry Studies: Manufacturing: General
• Subject: foreign ownership ; firm survival ; Germany ; Unternehmenserfolg ; Eigentümerstruktur ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; Direktinvestition ; Ausländisch ; Schätzung ; Deutschland

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Wagner, Joachim ; Weche Gelübcke, John Philipp
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2011

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/58970
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-201201107564
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET