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Why exporters can be financially constrained in a recently liberalised economy? A puzzle based on Argentinean firms during the 1990s

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dc.creator Espanol, Paula
dc.date 2006
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:07:00Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:07:00Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/19835
dc.identifier ppn:517905078
dc.identifier RePEc:zbw:gdec06:4730
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/19835
dc.description Trade-related characteristics have only been recently started to be included in empirical studies analysing the determinants of the financial constraints faced by firms. A result broadly shared by these studies is that exporting firms tend to be those less financially constrained. In this paper we test this result using panel data built up from quarterly balance sheet information for 74 Argentinean big firms covering the years of the currency board regime (1992-2001). We estimate an investment equation splitting up the sample between exporters and non-exporters. Using three alternative econometric models (random effects, fixed effects and instrumental variables) we find that, contrary to what is commonly stressed in the literature, exporting firms are the ones facing larger financial constraints on investment. We propose an explanation for this original result based on the currency appreciation that follows financial liberalisation processes in emerging countries, particularly in Argentina, which triggers a profit squeeze phenomenon for exportable firms, reducing their investment capacity.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher
dc.relation Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Berlin 2006 / Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics 7
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject O16
dc.subject E22
dc.subject O54
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject financial constraint
dc.subject investment
dc.subject foreign trade
dc.subject Argentine
dc.title Why exporters can be financially constrained in a recently liberalised economy? A puzzle based on Argentinean firms during the 1990s
dc.type doc-type:conferenceObject


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