From Estimation Results to Stylized Facts Twelve Recommendations for Empirical Research in International Activities of Heterogeneous Firms

Economist

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 389-412

  Wagner, Joachim ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heterogeneous firms; International firm activities; Meta analysis; Replication; Robust statistics; Stylized facts

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEITY; INDUSTRY; META-ANALYSIS; MICROECONOMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OUTLIER;

EID: 80155213851     PISSN: 0013063X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10645-011-9167-4     Document Type: Article

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