Exports and profitability: First evidence for German manufacturing firms

World Economy

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 399-423

  Fryges, Helmut ^a   Wagner, Joachim ^b  

^a ZEW Centre for European Economic Research   (Germany)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPORT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MANUFACTURING; PROFITABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

GERMANY;

EID: 77952576993     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2010.01261.x     Document Type: Article

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