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Measuring productivity premia with many modes of internationalization*

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  • Békés, Gábor
  • Muraközy, Balázs

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We show that estimating productivity premia for internationalization modes requires information compression when firms can choose from many modes. Using a unique database of European firms we illustrate the different approaches and suggest that researchers should deliberately choose from them.

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  • Békés, Gábor & Muraközy, Balázs, 2016. "Measuring productivity premia with many modes of internationalization," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 139(C), pages 61-64.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:139:y:2016:i:c:p:61-64
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2015.12.016
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  • Wagner, Joachim, 2017. "Productivity premia for many modes of internationalization. A replication study of Békés and Muraközy (Economics Letters, 2016)," International Journal for Re-Views in Empirical Economics (IREE), ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 1(2017-4), pages 1-6.

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    Keywords

    Internationalization modes; Internationalization premia; Many modes; Classification;
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    JEL classification:

    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity

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