Financial Development and Survival of African Agri-food Exports

This paper investigates the link between export survival of agri-food products and financial development. It tests the hypothesis that financial development differentially affects the survival of exports across products based on their need of external finance. The authors test whether exports of products that are relatively more reliant on external capital survive longer when initiated in more financially developed countries. The results suggest that agri-food products that require more external finance indeed sustain longer in foreign markets if the exporting country is more financially developed.

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Main Authors: Jaud, Melise, Kukenova, Madina
Format: Policy Research Working Paper biblioteca
Language:English
Published: 2011-05-01
Subjects:ACCESS TO CAPITAL, ACCOUNTING, AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, AGRICULTURE, ALLERGENS, ANIMAL FEED, BANK CREDITS, BANK POLICY, BANKING CRISIS, BENCHMARK, BENCHMARKING, BEVERAGES, BILATERAL TRADE, CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, CAPITAL MARKETS, CEREALS, CHECKS, COCOA, COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE, COMPLIANCE COSTS, CONSUMERS, CREDIT CONSTRAINTS, CREDIT INFORMATION, CREDIT RISK, DAIRY, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPING COUNTRY, DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, DUMMY VARIABLE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC RESEARCH, EXPENDITURES, EXPORT GROWTH, EXPORT MARKET, EXPORT MARKETS, EXPORT PERFORMANCE, EXPORT PERFORMANCES, EXPORT SHARE, EXPORTER, EXPORTERS, EXTERNAL FINANCE, FATS, FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT, FINANCIAL HEALTH, FINANCIAL MARKETS, FINANCIAL SHOCKS, FOOD ADDITIVES, FOOD CHAIN, FOOD EXPORTS, FOOD IMPORTS, FOOD POLICY, FOOD PRODUCTS, FOOD SAFETY, FOOD STANDARDS, FOOD SUPPLY, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, FOREIGN MARKETS, FRAUD, FRUIT, FRUITS, GDP, GDP PER CAPITA, GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE, GLOBAL ECONOMY, HAZARD, INCOME, INNOVATION, INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INSURANCE, INTERNATIONAL BANK, INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS, INTERNATIONAL MARKETS, INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, LABELLING, LEGAL RIGHTS, LIQUIDITY, LOCAL CAPITAL MARKETS, MARKET ENTRY, MARKET ENTRY COSTS, MARKET FAILURES, MARKET STRUCTURE, MEAT, MILLING INDUSTRY, MOTIVATION, NUTS, PERISHABILITY, PESTICIDE, PRICE VOLATILITY, PRIVATE CREDIT, PRODUCT QUALITY, PRODUCTION COSTS, PRODUCTIVITY, RISK ASSESSMENTS, SAFETY ISSUES, SAFETY PROBLEMS, SAFETY STANDARDS, SALES, SPICES, SPREAD, SUGAR, SUGARS, SUNK COSTS, SUPPLIER, SUPPLY CHAIN, SUPPLY CHAINS, TEA, TOTAL COSTS, TRADE CREDIT, TRADE_CREDIT, TRADING, TRANSACTION, TRANSACTION COSTS, TROPICAL FRUITS, VALUE ADDED, VEGETABLES, WORKING CAPITAL, WORLD MARKET, WTO,
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110815114105
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3521
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