Heterogeneous firms in importing: Theory and evidence from China

• Main Author: CHEN, Yuting
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
• Subjects: Hetrogenous firms; import; credit constraints; Asian Studies; Economics; Finance
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2167
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In this study, I explore the effects of the financial status of firms on its decisions to import. The import decision is reflected in various aspects, such as whether to import or buy from home market; what types of goods to import, etc. A novelty of this analysis is that I distinguish between ordin...