The lack of information is a relevant obstacle to the export activity of small and medium enterprises. This paper … analyzes whether banks can support firms' export by reducing informational asymmetries about foreign markets. We exploit a … exogenous to firms' export decisions by relying on preexisting lending relationships and exploiting the acquisition of a firm …

In this paper we study the choice between exporting and foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Cournot duopoly … framework. First, we identify the conditions necessary for exporting and FDI, depending on costs of exporting and the cost of … include: a monopoly FDI equilibrium, a monopoly exporting equilibrium, a domestic monopoly equilibrium, a duopoly FDI …

To serve foreign markets, firms can either export or set up a local subsidiary through horizontal Foreign Direct … Investment (FDI). The conventional proximity-concentration theory suggests that FDI substitutes for trade if distance between … empirically the effect of different dimensions of distance on the choice between exports and FDI. We find that different …

theoretical predictions we find that foreign-owned firms do export more goods to more countries after controlling for firm size …

theoretical predictions we find that foreign-owned firms do export more goods to more countries after controlling for firm size …

theoretical predictions we find that foreign-owned firms do export more goods to more countries after controlling for firm size …

To serve foreign markets, firms can either export or set up a local subsidiary through horizontal Foreign Direct … Investment (FDI). The conventional proximity-concentration theory suggests that FDI substitutes for trade if distance between … empirically the effect of different dimensions of distance on the choice between exports and FDI. We find that different …