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Who uses advanced technologies? : evidence from manufacturing firms from 38 countries in 2025

Wagner, Joachim - 2026 - This version: January 8, 2026

The use of advanced technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics, or smart devices will go hand in hand with, among others, higher productivity, higher product quality, more exports and better chances to survive any crisis. Better firms tend to use advanced technologies. Information on...

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Firm characteristics and survival in times of COVID 19 : first evidence from Kernel Regularized Least Squares regressions

Wagner, Joachim - 2025 - This version: June 13, 2025

This paper uses firm level data from the World Bank Enterprise surveys conducted in 2019 and from the COVID-19 follow-up surveys conducted in 2020 in eight European countries to investigate the link between firm characteristics before the pandemic and firm survival until 2020. For the first time...

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Exports and firm survival in times of COVID-19 : evidence from eight European countries

Wagner, Joachim - 2024

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Exports and firm survival in times of COVID-19 : evidence from eight European countries

Wagner, Joachim - 2023 - This version: October 17, 2023

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Export boosting policies and firm performance : review of empirical evidence around the world

Srhoj, Stjepan; Vitezić, Vanja; Wagner, Joachim - 2023

How effective are government policy attempts to boost firm exports in the short-run? We answer this question by conducting a review of 33 studies from 26 countries around the world, and provide nine findings. Export boosting policies are defined as a group of public policies that aim to increase...

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Website premia for extensive margins of international firm activities : evidence for SMEs from 34 countries

Wagner, Joachim - 2022 - This version: March 23, 2022

This paper uses firm level data from the Flash Eurobarometer 421 survey conducted in June 2015 in 34 European countries to investigate the link between having a website and international firm activities in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). We find that firms which are present in the web...

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Firm survival and gender of firm owner in times of COVID-19 : evidence from 10 European countries

Wagner, Joachim - 2022 - This version: March 3, 2022

This paper uses firm level data from the World Bank Enterprise surveys conducted in 2019 and from the COVID-19 follow-up surveys conducted in 2020 in ten European countries to investigate the link between the gender of the firm's owner and firm survival until 2020.The estimated effect of female...

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Online channels sales premia in times of COVID-19 : first evidence from Germany

Wagner, Joachim - 2022 - This version: November 12, 2022

Presence on the web tends to be important for firms. Empirical studies show that firms with a better performance along various dimensions, and firms that are more internationally active, tend to have a website. Furthermore, a website helped firms to survive in times of the COVID-19 pandemic. An...

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Market power and concentration developments : evidence and implications for Germany and Europe : editorial

Wagner, Joachim; Wambach, Achim; Weche, John P. - 2021

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With a little help from my website : firm survival and web presence in times of COVID-19 - evidence from 10 European countries

Wagner, Joachim - 2021 - This version: April 13, 2021

This paper uses firm level data from the World Bank Enterprise surveys conducted in 2019 and from the COVID-19 follow-up surveys conducted in 2020 in ten European countries to investigate the link between having a website before the pandemic and firm survival until 2020 .The estimated effect of...

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Markups and concentration in the context of digitization: Evidence from German manufacturing industries

Weche, John P.; Wagner, Joachim - 2020

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