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Cluster externalities, firm capabilities, and the recessionary shock: how the macro-to-micro-transition shapes firm performance during stable times and times of crisis
Hundt, Christian
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Holtermann, Linus
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Steeger, Jonas
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Bersch, Johannes
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URL:
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https://madoc.bib.uni-mannheim.de/51275
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URN:
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urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-512751
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Document Type:
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Working paper
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Year of publication:
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2019
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The title of a journal, publication series:
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ZEW Discussion Papers
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Volume:
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19-008
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Place of publication:
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Mannheim
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Publication language:
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English
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Institution:
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Sonstige Einrichtungen > ZEW - Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung
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MADOC publication series:
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Veröffentlichungen des ZEW (Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung) > ZEW Discussion Papers
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Subject:
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330 Economics
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Classification:
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JEL:
C33 , R11 , R58,
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Keywords (English):
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Macro-to-micro-transition , combinative capabilities , agglomeration economies , cluster- level externalities , unrelated variety , related variety , macroeconomic regimes , Great Recession , economic resilience
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Abstract:
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In this paper, we examine the macro-to-micro-transition of cluster externalities to firms and how it is affected by the macroeconomic instability caused by the recessionary shock of 2008/2009. Using data from 16,166 manufacturing and business services firms nested in 390 German regions, we employ within-firm regression techniques to estimate the impact of crosslevel interactions between firm- and cluster-level determinants on phase-related differences in firm performance between a pre-crisis (2004-2007) and a crisis period (2009-2011).
The empirical results validate the existence of a macro-to-micro-transition that evolves best in the case of broad firm-level capabilities and variety-driven externalities. Furthermore, the results indicate that the transition strongly depends on the macroeconomic cycle. While the transition particularly benefits from a stable macroeconomic environment (2004-2007), its mechanisms are interrupted when being exposed to economic turmoil (2009-2011). Yet, the crisisinduced interruption of the transition is mainly restricted to the national recession in 2009. As soon as the macroeconomic pressure diminishes (2010-2011), we observe a reversion of the transmission mechanisms to the pre-crisis level.
Our study contributes to the existing literature by corroborating previous findings that the economic performance of firms depends on a working macro-to-micro transition of external resources, which presupposes sufficient cluster externalities and adequate firm-level combinative capabilities. In contrast to previous studies on this topic, the transition mechanism is not modeled as time-invariant. Instead, it is coupled to the prevailing macroeconomic regime.
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