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Trade Credit: Suppliers as Debt Collectors and Insurance Providers

Vicente Cuñat 1 *
1 Universitat Pompeu Fabra, C/ Ramon Trias Fargas 25-27, Barcelona 08005 Spain

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Vicente Cuñat, E-mail: vicente.cunat{at}upf.edu


  Abstract

This paper examines how in a context of limited enforceability of contracts suppliers may have a comparative advantage over banks in lending to customers because they are able to stop the supply of intermediate goods. Suppliers may act also as liquidity providers, insuring against liquidity shocks that could endanger the survival of their customer relationships. The relatively high implicit interest rates of trade credit are the result of insurance and default premiums that are amplified whenever suppliers face a relatively high cost of funds. I explore these effects empirically for a panel of UK firms.

Keywords: Trade Credit, Debt Enforceability, Liquidity (JEL G30, M130, D920).
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