Services Inputs and Firm Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Firm-Level Data (2008)
Arnold, Jens Matthias, Mattoo, Aaditya, Narciso, Gaia
This paper investigates the relationship between the productivity of African manufacturing firms and their access to services inputs. We use data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey for over 1,000...
Export Behavior and Firm Productivity in German Manufacturing - A Firm-level Analysis (2004)
Hussinger, Katrin, Arnold, Jens Matthias
This paper analyses the relationship between firm productivity and exportbehavior in German manufacturing firms. We examine whetherproductivity increases the probability of exporting, and assert that...
Gifted kids or pushy parents? Foreign acquisitions and plant performance in Indonesia
Arnold, Jens Matthias, Javorcik, Beata Smarzynska
This paper uses micro data from the Indonesian Census of Manufacturing to analyze the causal relationship between foreign ownership and plant productivity. To control for the possible endogeneity of...
Services inputs and firm productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa : evidence from firm-level data
Arnold, Jens Matthias, Mattoo, Aaditya, Narciso, Gaia
The authors investigate the relationship between the productivity of African manufacturing firms and their access to services inputs. They use data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey for over...
Export Behavior and Firm Productivity in German Manufacturing : A Firm-level Analysis
Arnold, Jens Matthias, Hussinger, Katrin
This paper analyses the relationship between firm productivity and export behavior in German manufacturing firms. We examine whether productivity increases the probability of exporting, and assert...
Arnold, Jens Matthias, Hussinger, Katrin
This paper tests some of the predictions of recent advances in trade theory that have focused on different trade patterns of firms within the same sector. Helpman, Melitz and Yeaple (2005) develop a...
Gifted Kids or Pushy Parents? Foreign Acquisitions and Plant Performance in Indonesia
Jens Matthias Arnold, Beata Smarzynska Javorcik
This paper uses micro data from the Indonesian Census of Manufacturing to analyze the causal relationship between foreign ownership and plant productivity. To control for the possible endogeneity of...
Export Behavior and Firm Productivity in German Manufacturing: A firm-level analysis
Jens Matthias Arnold, Katrin Hussinger
This paper analyses the relationship between firm productivity and export behavior in German manufacturing firms. We examine whether productivity increases the probability of exporting, and assert...
Export Behavior and Firm Productivity in German Manufacturing: A Firm-Level Analysis
Jens Matthias Arnold, Katrin Hussinger
Exports, export-led growth, total factor productivity, heterogeneous firms,
Arnold, Jens Matthias, Hussinger, Katrin
This paper tests some of the predictions of recent advances in trade theory that have focused on different trade patterns of firms within the same sector. Helpman, Melitz and Yeaple (2005) develop a...
Export Behavior and Firm productivity in German Manufacturing. A Firm-Level Analysis
Jens Matthias Arnold, Katrin Hussinger
This paper analyses the relationship between firm productivity and export behavior in German manufacturing firms. We examine whether productivity increases the probability of exporting, and assert...
Services Inputs and Firm Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Firm-Level Data
Jens Matthias Arnold, Aaditya Mattoo, Gaia Narciso
This paper investigates the relationship between the productivity of African manufacturing firms and their access to services inputs. We use data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey for over 1,000...
Gifted Kids or Pushy Parents? Foreign Direct Investment and Plant Productivity in Indonesia
Jens Matthias Arnold, Beata Smarzynska Javorcik
This paper uses micro data from the Indonesian Census of Manufacturing to analyze the causal relationship between foreign ownership and various aspects of plant performance. It examines the...