and import more, and more products. They export to more countries. Importing and exporting behavior differ in both the … to be exporting or importing if they enjoy lower credit constraints. Also, firms that have better credit rating export …

extensive margins of import - firms with a better score have a higher probability to import, they import more goods and they …

highlighting the possible links between credit constraints and reliance on import intermediaries, and then use firm-level data from … import directly. Our results also establish that the impact of credit constraints on the probability of indirect importing is … frictions we consider relate to the degree of regulatory burden and the extent of documentary compliance, time to import and …

develop a simple theoretical framework highlighting the possible links between credit constraints and reliance on import … likely to import directly. Our results also establish that the impact of credit constraints on the probability of indirect … types of frictions to import, then the probability that credit-constrained firms rely on intermediaries is estimated to be …