We construct representative firm-level longitudinal data for twenty-seven European countries
using financial statements from the Orbis global database, providing a “how-to” guide on the …

This paper explores the relationship between FDI spillovers and productivity in
manufacturing firms in five European transition countries. The novelty of our approach lies in …

The emergence of global value chains (GVCs) has provided some firms the opportunity to
internationalize by specializing in the production of specific inputs or tasks along the chain …

This paper investigates the effect of exporting on productivity, often referred to as “learning
by exporting”, in the context of global value chains (GVCs). Although the rise of GVCs raised …

Both empirical and theoretical literature show that multinational firms exhibit a competitive
advantage before investing abroad. However, there are no clear empirical results regarding …

Recent research suggests that firm-level factors play a significant role in the gender wage
gap. This paper analyses the role of sorting between and bargaining within firms for gender …

This paper draws a causal link between increased levels of global value chain participation
(GVCP) and increases in a country's current account. We document empirically that stronger …

The elasticity of exports to exchange rate fluctuations has been the subject of a large body of
literature without a clear consensus emerging. Using a novel sector-level dataset based on …

When regulating foreign direct investment (FDI), countries often face a trade-off between
pursuing national policy interests and suffering efficiency losses due to FDI restrictions. We …

In this paper a semiparametric stochastic metafrontier approach is used to obtain insight into
the performance of manufacturing firms in Europe. We differ from standard TFP studies at the …