Firms and the global crisis: French exports in the turmoil

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 134-146

  Bricongne, Jean Charles ^a   Fontagné, Lionel ^a,c   Gaulier, Guillaume ^a   Taglioni, Daria ^b   Vicard, Vincent ^a  

^a Banque de France ^*  (France)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

Credit constraints; Financial crisis; Firms' heterogeneity; Intensive and extensive margins; International trade collapse

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EXPORT; FINANCIAL CRISIS; GLOBAL TRADE; HETEROGENEITY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

EID: 84860281508     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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