Using firm‐level data from the Bureau van Dijk‐Amadeus database, we study the relation
between firms' financial structure, access to external finance, and total factor productivity in …

El interés de las teorías del comercio internacional se ha desplazado en los últimos
cuarenta años desde la ventaja comparativa a las economías de escala y la diferenciación …

Access to credit is essential for the development and growth of firms. For a small open
economy like Mauritius, the ability of firms to enter export markets is essential for their growth …

Case studies, anecdotal evidence and theory suggest that firms obtain valuable knowledge
inputs from engaging in exporting. Yet the prevailing consensus is that good firms self-select …

Recessions and financial crisis increase financial constraints and disproportionally affect
constrained firms. This Chapter investigates the differences in firms' financial constraints …

We examine whether subsidies are allocated to financially constrained firms and if they
effectively alleviate these constraints. We claim that in addition to the usual “public good” …

The Portuguese economy underwent a process of growth and structural transformation
during the twentieth century, while the last two decades conveyed a period of considerable …

Measuring firms' financial constraints can prove to be a difficult task for researchers because
it is not possible to directly observe whether a firm is financially constrained. This chapter …

Son yıllarda firma bazlı verilere ulaşılabilirliğin artmasıyla, 1990'lı yılların ortalarında
gözlemlenmeye başlayan temel ve kapsamlı değişim ile uluslararası ticaretin nedenleri ve …

El interés de las teorías del comercio internacional se ha desplazado en los últimos
cuarenta años desde la ventaja comparativa a las economías de escala y la diferenciación …