This paper studies the causal impact of credit constraints on exporting firms. We exploit a natural experiment provided by two policy changes in India, first in 1998 which made small scale firms eligible for subsidized direct credit, and a subsequent reversal in policy in 2000 wherein some of...

This paper studies the export behavior of a panel of Indian manufacturing firms for a period of 4 years from 2003 to 2006. Specifically, we look at whether exporting firms in manufacturing differ from domestic firms in size, productivity, remuneration levels, etc. We find that exporters...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study whether exporting firms outperform non‐exporting firms along a number of performance characteristics. It also examines whether the differences in performance characteristics are due to the self‐selection of better firms into exporting or...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study whether exporting firms outperform non-exporting firms along a number of performance characteristics. It also examines whether the differences in performance characteristics are due to the self-selection of better firms into exporting or because...