Prof. Dr. Joachim Wagner

KCG External Research Fellow
Guest Scientist
Institute of Economics
University of Lüneburg
Email: joachim.wagner@leuphana.de

Expertise:

  • International Firm Activities
  • Applied micro-econometrics
  • Firm-level Panel Data

KCG Working Paper No. 28: Big Data Analytics and Exports – Evidence for Manufacturing Firms from 27 EU Countries

22nd September 2023
KCG Secretary
Author: Joachim Wagner

The use of big data analytics (including data mining and predictive analytics) by firms can be expected to increase productivity and reduce trade costs, which should be positively related to export activities. This paper uses firm level data from the Flash Eurobarometer 486 survey conducted in February – May 2020 to investigate the link between the use of big data analytics and export activities in manufacturing enterprises from the 27 member countries of the European Union[...]