This paper studies factors associated with firm participation in export markets, focusing primarily on firm size and … interdependent relationships between export participation, firm size, and access to credit. SMEs participating in export markets tend … participation in export markets. The estimation results also point to the supportive influences of foreign ownership, worker …

countries. The model highlights how imports from a specific country affects a firm's decision to export to that country (the … extensive margin), as well as its export value (the intensive margin). The model shows that the effect of both distance and … market size on the export margins is magnified when imports in intermediates are accounted for. Indeed, to the extent that …