Exports, imports and firm survival: First evidence for manufacturing enterprises in Germany

Review of World Economics

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 113-130

  Wagner, Joachim ^a,b  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exports; Firm survival; Imports

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873750907     PISSN: 16102878     EISSN: 16102886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10290-012-0141-2     Document Type: Article

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