The heterogeneous effect of finance on international trade

Rafael Cezar

Applied Economics, 2014, vol. 46, issue 24, 2903-2919

Abstract: Is the impact of financial development on international trade heterogeneous - being positive, negative or null - across manufacturing sectors? And is it dependent on the level of sectoral requirement on external finance for capital need? To examine these questions this article uses a panel trade database on 21 manufacturing sectors in 80 countries between 2000 and 2009. The analysis demonstrates that the effect of financial development on trade is indeed heterogeneous by estimating a coefficient for each sector and showing that the signs and significance levels vary across them. The article also demonstrates that sectors with strong reliance on external finance export higher volume from countries with developed financial system and that financial development reduces trade in industries with low financial dependence level.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2014.916389

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