Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/107292 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 5176
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Many countries offer state credit guarantee programs to improve access to finance for exporting firms. In the case of Germany, accumulated returns to the scheme deriving from risk-compensating premia have outweighed accumulated losses over the past 60 years. Why do private financial agents not step in? We build a simple model with heterogeneous firms that rationalizes demand for state guarantees with specific cost advantages of the government. We test the model's predictions with detailed firm-level data and find supportive evidence: State credit guarantees in Germany increase firms' exports. This effect is stronger for firms that are dependent on external finance, if the value at risk is large, and at times when refinancing conditions are tight.
Subjects: 
state export credit guarantees
credit constraints
JEL: 
F36
G28
H25
H81
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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