Off the cliff and back? Credit conditions and international trade during the global financial crisis

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 117-133

  Chor, Davin ^a   Manova, Kalina ^b  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Credit constraints; Financial crisis; International trade; Trade credit; Trade finance

Indexed keywords

CREDIT PROVISION; EXPORT; FINANCIAL CRISIS; IMPORT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860273449     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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