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This paper uses rich firm-level data for the UK to investigate the link between firms' financial health and export exit, paying attention to the ERM currency crisis and the global financial crisis. Our results show that deterioration in the financial position of firms has increased the hazard of...
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Using data for all exporters, we show that it is a small group of firms that dominate exports in Spain. For example, in … 2015 the top 200 firms were responsible for half of Spanish exports. This concentration has not changed substantially over … of Spanish exports. If top exporters disappeared, Spain would lose its revealed comparative advantage in 60% of …
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effects on the firm's exports. This paper examines how a firm's credit constraints as well as its productivity affect its …
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Brazilian exports by the other three Mercosur's member countries. The NTBs were identified through interviews with selected …
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Financing resources play a significant role in escalating export ventures particularly of MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) which face a stiff competition from the larger firms. Finance is essential not only for successful operation of current activities of the firm but also aids in...
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We use network-analysis tools to identify communities in the web of exporters' destinations. Our network-based community measure is purely outcome-based; it captures multilateral rather than bilateral dependence across countries; and it can be calculated at the industry level. We next use our...
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We study China’s trade dynamics at the firm, firm–product, firm–destination and firm–product–destination levels. Using a very rich panel data on firms’ export transaction from 2000 to 2006,we decompose China’s export growth at the intensive and extensive margins, emphasising...
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Using confidential firm-level data from the United States in 2002, we show that exporting firms charge prices for narrowly defined goods that differ substantially with the characteristics of firms and export markets. We control for selection into export markets using a three-stage estimator. We...
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Recent studies in international trade report that new exporters often start selling small amounts and cease exporting in the first year. These findings reflect a substantial amount of uncertainty facing new exporters. In this paper we study whether export activities in the neighborhood reveal...
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trade cost for large trading firms leads to an increase in export intensity (i.e., exports over total sales). Such results …
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