While many studies explain the correlation between firm-level productivity and export status entirely by better firms … to new clients. We show that small firms with a lot of outstanding trade credit expand sales the most following export … export market entry. …

The aim of this study is to analyse the impact of corporate financial structure on a firm's export propensity … firm size, the link between firms' export propensity and their financial health and ownership concentration. By means of a … System, this paper provides firm-level evidence for SMEs of a positive link between export propensity and ownership …

We investigate the role of financial constraints on firms' exporting behavior, including firms' export decision, export … intensity, firms starting to export decision, and exports persistence. Our financial constraints variable is a synthetic … (SMEs) exporting decisions and starting to export decisions but not those of large firms. Financial health does not seem to …

Financing constraints have been identified as an additional source of firm heterogeneity that affects export … participation and export performance. This paper examines whether and to what extent financing constraints affect firms' exporting … indicate that firms which were less constrained financially were more likely to export, while financing constraints did not …

have better export performance than private domestic firms, and that this advantage is systematically greater in sectors at … higher levels of financial vulnerability measured in a variety of ways. These patterns are manifest in firms' export sales …, export product scope and number of export destinations. They are also more pronounced when firms face higher trade costs …

age, and export participation. Fourth, personal assets of SME owners tend to matter more as collateral for SME borrowing …

to examine the impact of access to finance on firms' export decisions in the Asia-Pacific countries. In particular, we … trade. The study found that access to finance plays a significant role in promoting firm’s ability to export. Unlike … export. The study also found that infrastructure bottlenecks negatively affect firms' export decisions. …