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Credit Market Imperfections and Patterns of International Trade and Capital Flows

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  • Kiminori Matsuyama

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This paper offers two simple models to illustrate how corporate governance, contractual enforcement, and the balance sheet condition of the business sector etc., can affect the patterns of international trade and capital flows in the presence of credit market imperfections. (JEL: D52, F15, F21, F40) Copyright (c) 2005 The European Economic Association.

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  • Kiminori Matsuyama, 2005. "Credit Market Imperfections and Patterns of International Trade and Capital Flows," Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press, vol. 3(2-3), pages 714-723, 04/05.
    • Handle: RePEc:tpr:jeurec:v:3:y:2005:i:2-3:p:714-723
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    • D52 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Incomplete Markets
    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration
    • F21 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements
    • F40 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - General

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