Does Trade Credit Affect Technical Efficiency? Empirical Evidence from Italian Manufacturing SMEs*

Mariarosaria Agostino and Francesco Trivieri

Journal of Small Business Management, 2019, vol. 57, issue 2, 576-592

Abstract: Using firm‐level data from the Italian manufacturing sector, we investigate the relationship between small and medium‐sized firms technical efficiency and trade credit. Our contribution is twofold: we provide evidence on an open empirical question, and disentangle the channels through which trade credit may influence firms' efficiency. According to our findings, based on the Simar and Wilson (2007) procedure, trade credit seems to positively affect firm efficiency by mitigating financial constraints. Indeed, trade credit enhances efficiency especially for firms that are more likely to be financially constrained (i.e., smaller and/or younger firms) and during the most recent financial crisis.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1111/jsbm.12410

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