Factors influencing the use of trade credit in financing Polish listed companies

• Authors: Aleksandra Duliniec , Natalia Świda

Abstracts

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The aim of this article is to identify the most important factors influencing the use of trade credit and to assess their significance for Polish listed companies taking into consideration the role of trade credit as a source of financing. Theoretical and empirical literature does not provide clear guidance regarding factors influencing the use of trade credit. In this study the linear regression model with fixed effects for years is used to describe trade credit use in listed Polish companies in the period 2002-2018. The findings show that the following factors have the most pronounced influence on the use of trade credit: trade payables in the previous period, trade receivables, long-term debt, liquidity and short-term debt. Both long-term and short-term debt financing and trade payables are substitutes for Polish listed companies. Lower liquidity and higher trade receivables are related to a higher use of trade credit.

Keywords

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trade payables; trade credit; sources of financing; Warsaw Stock Exchange

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Poznaniu
• Journal: Economics and Business Review
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 113-134

Contributors

author

Aleksandra Duliniec

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Natalia Świda

Identifiers

DOI

10.18559/ebr.2021.1.7

Biblioteka Nauki

1837735