TY - JOUR

T1 - Productivity and international firm activities

T2 - What do we know?

AU - Wagner, Joachim

N1 - ISBN 978-92-893-2295-9

PY - 2011

Y1 - 2011

N2 - This paper summarizes in a non-technical way what we know from empirical studies based on firm-level data about the mutual links between international activities of firms and productivity. It is written with a view to inform policy makers in an evidence-based way. A special focus is on the empirical evidence we have from studies using firm-level data from the Nordic countries. It is argued that this empirical evidence does not provide a sound basis for searching for similarities and differences (and their causes) between the Nordic countries, and the empirical results reported cannot qualify as stylized facts that can inform policy makers in an evidence-based way.

AB - This paper summarizes in a non-technical way what we know from empirical studies based on firm-level data about the mutual links between international activities of firms and productivity. It is written with a view to inform policy makers in an evidence-based way. A special focus is on the empirical evidence we have from studies using firm-level data from the Nordic countries. It is argued that this empirical evidence does not provide a sound basis for searching for similarities and differences (and their causes) between the Nordic countries, and the empirical results reported cannot qualify as stylized facts that can inform policy makers in an evidence-based way.

KW - Economics, empirical/statistics

KW - international firm activites

KW - productivity

KW - firm-level data

KW - nordic countries

U2 - 10.6027/9789289330282-8-en

DO - 10.6027/9789289330282-8-en

M3 - Journal articles

SP - 137

EP - 161

JO - Nordic Economic Policy Review

JF - Nordic Economic Policy Review

IS - 2

ER -