Activity Shocks and Corporate Liquidity: the Role of Trade Credit

IF 1.9 Q2 BUSINESS, FINANCE

Review of Corporate Finance Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-12 DOI:10.1093/rcfs/cfae002

Benjamin Bureau, Anne Duquerroy, FranceFrédéric Vinas

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Abstract

We show both theoretically and empirically how trade credit financing may magnify the impact of activity shocks on corporate liquidity. Using unique daily data on payment defaults on suppliers in France, we quantify the magnitude of the short-term cyclical liquidity stress induced by trade payment obligations, exploiting the COVID-19 crisis as an exogenous shock. A one-standard-deviation rise in net trade credit position increases firms’ default probability by 10% during the lockdown. We find higher impacts for downstream sectors – up to 30% increase in the retail trade – for financially constrained firms, and a contraction in investment. (JEL E32, G32, G33, H12, H32)

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活动冲击与企业流动性：贸易信贷的作用

我们从理论和实证两方面展示了贸易信贷融资是如何放大活动冲击对企业流动性的影响的。利用法国供应商拖欠货款的独特每日数据，我们利用 COVID-19 危机作为外生冲击，量化了贸易支付义务引发的短期周期性流动性压力的程度。在封锁期间，贸易信贷净头寸每上升一个标准差，企业的违约概率就会增加 10%。我们发现对下游行业的影响更大--在零售业，资金紧张的企业违约概率最高增加了 30%，投资也出现萎缩。(JEL E32, G32, G33, H12, H32)

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Review of Corporate Finance Studies BUSINESS, FINANCE-

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17.80

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1.80%

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