This paper investigates whether the determinants of commercial bank profitability differ in oil and non-oil countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region through which a comparative analysis between total banks' sample and regular reporting banks' sample is provided using data from...

This paper studies the impact of exchange rate fluctuations on export product quality. Existing studies stress the link between home country depreciation and increased access to exports via a relative price effect. Our focus in this study is on the complementary effect of an import currency...

This paper examines the effect of credit rationing on export performance by small and medium-sized firms in China. We use a detailed firm-level data provided by the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Dynamic Survey (SMEDS) during 2015-2016 to conduct this analysis. The SMEDS provides...

This paper investigates the heterogeneous effects of finance on firm exports through the lens of differential exporting modes. China's WTO accession leads to an export deregulation, which empowers private domestic firms with low registered capital to export directly. This quasi-natural...