This paper analyses the interaction between credit constraints and trading behavior, decomposing trade in extensive and intensive margins. I construct a unique dataset containing firm-level trade transactions data, balance sheets and credit scores from an independent credit insurance company for...

Based on interviews with 429 manufacturing firms in six European countries, this study explores the rationality of trading behavior in the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). We find that banking from one year to the next is used by most firms. Equally, a large majority of...

By building a theoretical model and taking it to the data with two novel datasets, this paper analyses the interaction between credit constraints and exporting behaviour. Building a heterogeneous firms model of international trade with liquidity-constrained firms yields several predictions on...

The EU Emissions Trading Scheme continues to exempt industries deemed at risk of carbon leakage from permit auctions. Carbon leakage risk is established based on the carbon intensity and trade exposure of each 4-digit industry. Using a novel measure of carbon leakage risk obtained in interviews...