Why more West than East German firms export

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"Using unique new data and a recently introduced non-linear decomposition technique this paper shows that the huge difference in the propensity to export between West and East German plants is to a large part due to differences in firm size and human capital intensity"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.

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Series Statement

• Discussion paper -- no. 2656
• Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) -- no. 2656

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• http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id=2656
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