Finance, Comparative Advantage, and Resource Allocation / Melise Jaud

By: Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2012Description: Online-Ressource (37 p)Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Melise Jaud: Finance, Comparative Advantage, and Resource Allocation DOI: DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-6111Online resources: Summary: The authors show that exported products exit the US market sooner if they violate the Heckscher-Ohlin notion of comparative advantage. Crucially, this pattern is stronger when exporting country has a well-developed banking system, measured by a high ratio of bank credit over the GDP. Banks thus push firms away from exports that are facing an uphill battle on a competitive foreign market due to a suboptimal use of the domestic factor endowment. The results imply a disciplining role for bank credit in terminating inefficient trade flows. This constitutes a new channel through which finance improves resource allocation in the real economyPPN: PPN: 834974916Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-WBA | ZDB-110-WBL
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