Inter-Enterprise Credit and Adjustment During Financial Crises: The Role of Firm Size

Fabrizio Coricelli and Marco Frigerio

No 11680, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: Analyzing a large firm-level database for European countries, the paper shows that during the Great Recession trade credit amplified the liquidity squeeze on SMEs induced by the contraction of bank credit. Because of their generally weaker bargaining power in the inter-enterprise credit market, SMEs sharply increased their net trade credit and thus transferred financial resources to larger firms. The paper finds that the liquidity squeeze induced by trade credit had large negative effects on real activity by SMEs, contributing to the fall in employment, wages and investments.

Keywords: Trade credit; Financial crises; Smes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-12
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Journal Article: Interenterprise Credit and Adjustment during Financial Crises: The Role of Firm Size (2019)
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