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Subsidies and exports in Germany: first evidence from enterprise panel data

  • Sourafel Girma
  • , Holger Görg
  • , Joachim Wagner*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    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.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalApplied Economics Quarterly
    Volume55
    Issue number3
    Pages (from-to)179-195
    Number of pages17
    ISSN1611-6607
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 07.2009

    Bibliographical note

    Literaturverz. S. 194 - 195

    Research areas and keywords

    • Economics

    ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

    • Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)

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