International trade and firm performance: A survey of empirical studies since 2006

Review of World Economics

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 235-267

  Wagner, Joachim ^a,b  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Empirical studies; Firm performance; International trade; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860490031     PISSN: 16102878     EISSN: 16102886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10290-011-0116-8     Document Type: Article

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