Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/66593 
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Year of Publication: 
2011
Citation: 
[Journal:] International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied Research [ISSN:] 1791-3373 [Volume:] 4 [Issue:] 3 [Publisher:] Kavala Institute of Technology [Place:] Kavala [Year:] 2011 [Pages:] 7-19
Publisher: 
Kavala Institute of Technology, Kavala
Abstract: 
This paper analyses the links between financial constraints and firm export behaviour, at the firm level, by using data on Portuguese manufacturing enterprises. Previous empirical literature has not yet reached a consensus on these subjects and there is a great heterogeneity in measuring financial constraints. In line with a very recent trend, we approximate credit constraints by using a financial score built on eight variables. In order to assess the effects of exports on the financial status of firms we apply, for the first time to these types of studies, a propensity score matching with difference in differences. We find that new exporters show significant improvements in their financial situation.
Subjects: 
exports
propensity-score-matching
financial constraints
JEL: 
F10
G32
L25
Document Type: 
Article

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