The paper analyzes the link between financial constraints and firms' export decisions, using a large micro-level data … evidence that participation to exports market improves a firm financial health but not that export starters display specific ex …-ante financial advantages. By contrast, our result supports the view that financial constraints act as a barrier to export …

The paper analyzes the link between financial constraints and firm export behavior. Our main finding is that firms … literature which found evidence that export participation improves firm financial health, but not that export starters display … any ex-ante financial advantage. On the contrary, we find that financial constraints act as a barrier to export …

The paper analyzes the link between financial constraints and firms' export decisions, using a large micro-level data … evidence that participation to exports market improves a firm financial health but not that export starters display specific ex …-ante financial advantages. By contrast, our result supports the view that financial constraints act as a barrier to export …

The paper analyzes the link between financial constraints and firms' export decisions, using a large micro-level data … evidence that participation to exports market improves a firm financial health but not that export starters display specific ex …-ante financial advantages. By contrast, our result supports the view that financial constraints act as a barrier to export …

The paper analyzes the link between financial constraints and firm export behavior. Our main finding is that firms … literature which found evidence that export participation improves firm financial health, but not that export starters display … any ex-ante financial advantage. On the contrary, we find that financial constraints act as a barrier to export …

The paper analyzes the link between financial constraints and firms' export decisions, using a large micro-level data … evidence that participation to exports market improves a firm financial health but not that export starters display specific ex …-ante financial advantages. By contrast, our result supports the view that financial constraints act as a barrier to export …

The paper analyzes the link between financial constraints and firm export behavior. Our main finding is that firms … literature which found evidence that export participation improves firm financial health, but not that export starters display … any ex-ante financial advantage. On the contrary, we find that financial constraints act as a barrier to export …

confidentiality restrictions. Our primary finding is that international productivity gaps are sensitive to the export status of firms …. We also show that productivity differences between French and Japanese exporters vary across export destinations. We …