TY - JOUR

T1 - New methods for the analysis of links between international firm activities and firm performance

T2 - A practitioner's guide

AU - Wagner, Joachim

PY - 2015/4/1

Y1 - 2015/4/1

N2 - This paper is a non-technical introduction to the use of three micro-econometric tools that have only recently been applied in empirical investigations of the links between international firm activities and firm performance. It shows why it is important to use these methods, how to use them in practice and which new insights are found in empirical applications. Topics include the role of extremely different firms (or outliers) in the computation of performance premia of internationally active firms; different performance premia over the distribution of the performance variable when unobserved heterogeneity matters; and the analysis of causal effects of different intensities of international firm activity on firm performance.

AB - This paper is a non-technical introduction to the use of three micro-econometric tools that have only recently been applied in empirical investigations of the links between international firm activities and firm performance. It shows why it is important to use these methods, how to use them in practice and which new insights are found in empirical applications. Topics include the role of extremely different firms (or outliers) in the computation of performance premia of internationally active firms; different performance premia over the distribution of the performance variable when unobserved heterogeneity matters; and the analysis of causal effects of different intensities of international firm activity on firm performance.

KW - Economics

KW - Economics, empirical/statistics

KW - Gender and Diversity

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84927909248&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1111/twec.12162

DO - 10.1111/twec.12162

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 38

SP - 704

EP - 715

JO - World Economy

JF - World Economy

SN - 0378-5920

IS - 4

ER -