This paper examines why credit constraints for domestic and exporting firms arise in a setting where banks do not observe firms' productivities. To maintain incentive compatibility, banks lend below the amount that firms need for optimal production. The longer time needed for export shipments induces a tighter credit constraint on exporters than on purely domestic firms. In our application to Chinese firms, we find that the credit constraint is more stringent as a firm's export share grows, as the time to ship for exports is lengthened, and as there is greater dispersion of firms' productivities, reflecting more incomplete information.
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Exports and Credit Constraints under Incomplete Information: Theory and Evidence from China
Journal of Finance and Economics Vol. 43, Issue 05, pp. 44 - 64 (2017) DOI:10.16538/j.cnki.jfe.2017.05.004
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Robert C. Feenstra, Li Zhiyuan, Yu Miaojie. Exports and Credit Constraints under Incomplete Information: Theory and Evidence from China[J]. Journal of Finance and Economics, 2017, 43(5): 44–64.
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