@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp2656, author={Wagner, Joachim}, title={Why More West than East German Firms Export}, year={2007}, month={Mar}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={2656}, url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp2656}, abstract={Using unique new data and a recently introduced non-linear decomposition technique this paper shows that the huge difference in the propensity to export between West and East German plants is to a large part due to differences in firm size and human capital intensity.}, keywords={West Germany;micro data;exports;East Germany}, }