FIRM EXPORTS AND MULTINATIONAL ACTIVITY UNDER CREDIT CONSTRAINTS

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Manova, Kalina; Wei, Shang-Jin; Zhang, Zhiwei
• 署名单位: Stanford University; National Bureau of Economic Research; Columbia University; Centre for Economic Policy Research - UK
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6535
• DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00480
• 发表日期: 2015-07
• 页码: 574-588
• 关键词: FOREIGN DIRECT-INVESTMENT; financial development; INTERNATIONAL-TRADE; PROPERTY-RIGHTS; intraindustry; dependence; CONTRACTS; patterns; MARKETS; IMPACT

摘要

We provide firm-level evidence that credit constraints restrict international trade and affect the pattern of multinational activity. We show that foreign affiliates and joint ventures in China have better export performance than private domestic firms in financially more vulnerable sectors. These results are stronger for destinations with higher trade costs and not driven by firm size or other sector characteristics. Our findings are consistent with multinational subsidiaries being less liquidity constrained because they can access foreign capital markets or funding from their parent company. They further suggest that FDI can alleviate the impact of domestic financial market imperfections on trade.