Export incentives, financial constraints, and the (mis)allocation of credit: Micro-level evidence from subsidized export loans

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 498-527

  Zia, Bilal H ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Credit allocation; Exports; Financial constraints; Subsidies

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349049203     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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