The paper analyzes the link between financial constraints and firm export behavior. Our main finding is that firms … literature which found evidence that export participation improves firm financial health, but not that export starters display … any ex-ante financial advantage. On the contrary, we find that financial constraints act as a barrier to export …

The paper analyzes the link between financial constraints and firm export behavior. Our main finding is that firms … literature which found evidence that export participation improves firm financial health, but not that export starters display … any ex-ante financial advantage. On the contrary, we find that financial constraints act as a barrier to export …

The paper analyzes the link between financial constraints and firms' export decisions, using a large micro-level data … evidence that participation to exports market improves a firm financial health but not that export starters display specific ex …-ante financial advantages. By contrast, our result supports the view that financial constraints act as a barrier to export …

The paper analyzes the link between financial constraints and firms' export decisions, using a large micro-level data … evidence that participation to exports market improves a firm financial health but not that export starters display specific ex …-ante financial advantages. By contrast, our result supports the view that financial constraints act as a barrier to export …

The paper analyzes the link between financial constraints and firms' export decisions, using a large micro-level data … evidence that participation to exports market improves a firm financial health but not that export starters display specific ex …-ante financial advantages. By contrast, our result supports the view that financial constraints act as a barrier to export …

The paper analyzes the link between financial constraints and firms' export decisions, using a large micro-level data … evidence that participation to exports market improves a firm financial health but not that export starters display specific ex …-ante financial advantages. By contrast, our result supports the view that financial constraints act as a barrier to export …

The paper analyzes the link between financial constraints and firms' export decisions, using a large micro-level data … evidence that participation to exports market improves a firm financial health but not that export starters display specific ex …-ante financial advantages. By contrast, our result supports the view that financial constraints act as a barrier to export …

We analyze the link between firms' access to finance and their decisions to enter and exit the export market. We employ … exporting, while larger and more productive firms are less likely to exit the export market. With respect to ex-ante firm … contrast, there is no relationship between the decision of firms to enter or exit export markets and their access to finance …

We analyze the link between firms’ access to finance and their decisions to enter and exit the export market. We employ … exporting, while larger and more productive firms are less likely to exit the export market. With respect to ex-ante firm … contrast, there is no relationship between the decision of firms to enter or exit export markets and their access to finance …