Cheng, Hua; Chen, Xiaowei; Degryse, Hans; Qi, Shusen - 2021
Using firm-level destination country-specific export data and bank branch data from China, we find that foreign banks … promote local firms’ export more in sectors in need of trust, promote ordinary export strongly but has almost zero impact on … together, we conclude that foreign banks serve as trust providers in promoting local firms’ export, rather than via financial …