eprintid: 10043004 rev_number: 20 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/04/30/04 datestamp: 2018-03-13 14:03:38 lastmod: 2020-02-12 14:42:27 status_changed: 2018-03-13 14:03:38 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Manova, K creators_name: Wei, S-J creators_name: Zhang, Z title: Firm Exports and Multinational Activity Under Credit Constraints ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: A01 divisions: B03 divisions: C03 divisions: F24 note: This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: We provide firm-level evidence that credit constraints restrict international trade and affect the pattern of multinational activity. We show that foreign affiliates and joint ventures in China have better export performance than private domestic firms in financially more vulnerable sectors. These results are stronger for destinations with higher trade costs and not driven by firm size or other sector characteristics. Our findings are consistent with multinational subsidiaries being less liquidity constrained because they can access foreign capital markets or funding from their parent company. They further suggest that FDI can alleviate the impact of domestic financial market imperfections on trade. date: 2015-07 date_type: published official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/REST_a_00480 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1533282 doi: 10.1162/REST_a_00480 lyricists_name: Manova, Kalina lyricists_id: KMANO22 actors_name: Manova, Kalina actors_id: KMANO22 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: The Review of Economics and Statistics volume: 97 number: 3 pagerange: 574-588 issn: 1530-9142 citation: Manova, K; Wei, S-J; Zhang, Z; (2015) Firm Exports and Multinational Activity Under Credit Constraints. The Review of Economics and Statistics , 97 (3) pp. 574-588. 10.1162/REST_a_00480 <https://doi.org/10.1162/REST_a_00480>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10043004/1/ChinaCredit.pdf