TRADE CREDIT IN ITALY: FINANCING TO SELL

Authors : Candida Bussoli, Claudio Giannotti

Pages : 318-338

Doi:10.17261/Pressacademia.2016321975

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Publication Date : 2016-09-30

Article Type : Research

Abstract :The analysis considers Italian SMEs and investigates, over the years 2006-2011, the existence of interdependencies between trade credit policy and trade debt policy and the co-existence of conditions of complementarity and substitutability between trade credit and other financing sources. Linear regression models on a yearly basis are used and these models are put under observation for six years.The paper shows that there are interdependencies between trade credit policy and trade debt policy; trade credit can be a complementary and substitute source of financing to bank loans; conditions of substitutability and complementarity can also be observed by considering separately firms involved in agricultural or industrial activities and firms that perform services. 
Keywords : Trade credit, trade debt, bank-firm relationship, SMEs, intercompany financing