Does innovation cause exports? Evidence from exogenous innovation impulses and obstacles using German micro data

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 317-350

  Lachenmaier, Stefan ^a   Wößmann, Ludger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CESIFO   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPORT LED DEVELOPMENT; INNOVATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 33645894159     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpi043     Document Type: Article

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