Productivity and International Firm Activities: What Do We Know?

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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 to search 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.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Policy Paper ; No. 23

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Empirical Studies of Trade ; Multinational Firms; International Business ; Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis ; Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope
• Subject: international firm activities ; productivity ; firm level data ; Nordic countries ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; Produktivität ; Unternehmen ; Globalisierung ; Nordeuropa

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Wagner, Joachim
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2011

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/91746
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET