Tomohiko, INUI; Keiko, ITO; Daisuke, MIYAKAWA; Keishi, SHOJI - Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) - 2012
This paper examines how firms' decision to start exporting is affected by the availability of information on export markets. Unlike existing studies which focus on information sharing among firms, we examine the information provided by firms' top lender banks (main banks). Specifically, using a...