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dc.contributor.authorKaiser, Ulrichen
dc.contributor.authorKongsted, Hans Christianen
dc.date.accessioned2009-02-16T14:48:41Z-
dc.date.available2009-02-16T14:48:41Z-
dc.date.issued2004-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/24089-
dc.description.abstractThis paper analyzes the persistence of firms' exporting behavior in a panel of West German manufacturing firms. Dynamic binary choice models allow us to distinguish between true and spurious state dependence in firm performance. Using random effects models as well as a recent fixed effect approach which imposes few restrictions on unobservables, we find robust evidence of state dependence in the current export status of firms. Unobserved permanent firm heterogeneity ("spurious state dependence") is found to be less important than suggested by earlier studies. The existence of true state dependence in exports has direct economic policy implications: if policy successfully turns non-exporters into exporters, the effect is likely to be lasting.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aZentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) |cMannheimen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aZEW Discussion Papers |x04-81en
dc.subject.jelD21en
dc.subject.jelC23en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordstate dependenceen
dc.subject.keywordexport activityen
dc.subject.keyworddynamic binary choice modelsen
dc.subject.stwExportindustrieen
dc.subject.stwStaatliche Einflussnahmeen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titleTrue Versus Spurious State Dependence in Firm Performance: The Case of West German Exports-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn477274439en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:zewdip:2886en

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