Diese Doktorarbeit besteht aus drei Aufsätzen und untersucht den Effekt von negativen finanziellen Gegebenheiten wie Kreditrestriktionen oder einer überbewerteten Währung auf die Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten von Firmen. Der erste und zweite Aufsatz analysiert, inwieweit Kreditrestriktionen in...

This paper analyses how exchange rate shocks are transmitted at the firm level and establishes a nexus to firm-level export activity. Using precise survey data from a sample of Swiss firms, I find that an appreciation increases the probability of a decrease in firm-level costs, prices and...

This paper analyses how exchange rate shocks are transmitted at the firm level and establishes a nexus to firm-level export activity. Using precise survey data from a sample of Swiss firms, I find that an appreciation increases the probability of a decrease in firm-level costs, prices and...

This paper assesses the role of a larger degree of common language use between the populations of two countries on the so-called extensive product margin of trade. We focus on the overlap of products exported or imported between any pair of countries. The results suggest that the effect of...