Speed of Adjustment of Trade Receivables: The Case of a Developing Country

Liem Nguyen
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Liem Nguyen: Faculty of Finance and Banking, University of Economics and Law, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam2Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy (JICEP), 2025, vol. 16, issue 02, 1-17

Abstract: Examining the mean reversion behavior and the adjustment speed of trade receivables of nonfinancial listed firms in Vietnam from 2010 to 2022, this is the first study to investigate whether firms feature a tendency to move toward target trade credit level, and how COVID-19 influences trade credit supply in a dynamic setting in a developing market. The research results suggest that firms do have a target trade receivables level and the speed of adjustment toward this target level is quite significant. Further, we show that firms demonstrate a faster adjustment speed toward target trade credit receivables during the COVID-19 pandemic. We show that lower profitability and higher allowance for bad trade receivables can positively affect the adjustment speed. As the COVID-19 pandemic tends to affect profitability and the level of bad trade receivables, we consider these factors as channels that explain why firms tend to adjust faster toward their target trade credit during the pandemic. The study offers implications for achieving sustainable development and improving business performance.

Keywords: Trade credit; trade receivables; speed of adjustment; COVID; Vietnam (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G30 G31 G32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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