The 2007 report from the research network European Firms and International Markets (EFIM) is the first systematic, cross-country, firm-level research of the features of European firms that compete in international markets.

Gianmarco Ottaviano

Thierry Mayer

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Research Papers in Economics

A Review of the Empirical Literature on FDI Determinants. NBER Working paper #11299.

Convergence of Productivity: Cross-national Studies and Historical Evidence,

Cross-border mergers and acquisitions and the role of trade costs.

Distorted Gravity: the Intensive and Extensive

Do African Manufacturing Firms Learn from Exporting? Oxford University Centre for the Study of African Economies

Economic Geography and International Inequality,

Export Behavior and Firm Productivity in German Manufacturing: a Firm-Level Analysis. ZEW Discussion Paper #04-12

FDI as an Outcome of the Market for Corporate Control: Theory and Evidence.

Firm heterogeneity, exporting and foreign direct investment.

Firm productivity and Export Markets: a Nonparametric approach.

Firm-Level Evidence on Productivity Differentials and Turnover in Taiwanese Manufacturing.

Foreign Direct Investment, R&D, and Spillover Efficiency: Evidence from Taiwan’s Manufacturing Firms.

Multinational Firms in the World Economy,

Plant- and Firm- Level Evidence on “New” Trade Theories.

Productivity Growth in Chile and Colombia: The Role

Quality sorting and trade: Firm-level evidence for French wine.

Trade Responses to Geographic Frictions: a Decomposition Using Micro-Data. NBER working paper 11339.

Trade, FDI, and the Organisation of Firms,

What follows is an extended reading list of the main works on trade and FDI that adopt a firm-level approach. Topics are structured following the chapters of the report. Surveys

Why Some Firms Export. The Review of Economics and Statistics,

The happy few: the internationalisation of European firms

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The happy few: the internationalisation of European firms

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