Trade Credit Contracts

The authors employ a novel dataset on almost 30,000 trade credit contracts to describe the broad characteristics of the parties that contract together; the key contractual terms, such as the discount for early payment; and the days by when payment...

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Main Authors: Klapper, Leora, Laeven, Luc, Rajan, Raghuram
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
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spelling okr-10986-34902021-04-23T14:02:10Z Trade Credit Contracts Klapper, Leora Laeven, Luc Rajan, Raghuram ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO FINANCE ACCESS TO FINANCING ACCOUNTS PAYABLE ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLES ADVERSE SELECTION AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION BALANCE SHEET BANK CREDIT BANKS BARGAINING POWER BILATERAL CONTRACT BORROWING BORROWING COSTS CAPITAL STRUCTURE CENTRAL BANK COLLATERAL COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONTRACTUAL TERMS CREDIT CONSTRAINED FIRMS CREDIT CONTRACT CREDIT CONTRACTS CREDIT DEFAULTS CREDIT LOSSES CREDIT MARKET CREDIT PORTFOLIO CREDIT PROVISION CREDIT QUALITY CREDIT RATING CREDIT RATIONING CREDIT RELATIONSHIPS CREDIT RISK CREDIT TERMS CREDITS CREDITWORTHINESS CURRENCY DEBT DEBT COLLECTORS DEBT MATURITY DEFAULT RISK DEPENDENT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCOUNT RATE DISCRIMINATION DUMMY VARIABLE DURABLE DURABLE GOODS EXPLOITATION EXPORTER EXTERNAL FINANCING FEDERAL RESERVE FINANCES FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL DISTRESS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL RISK FINANCIAL RISKS FINANCIAL SHOCKS FINANCIAL STUDIES FINANCIERS FINANCING CONSTRAINTS FINANCING COSTS FOREIGN COURTS GREATER ACCESS GUARANTEE PRODUCT GUARANTY IMPORT DUTIES INFORMAL CREDIT INFORMATIONAL ASYMMETRY INSURANCE INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL FIRMS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTRINSIC VALUE INVENTORY INVENTORY MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT RATING JURISDICTIONS LARGE FIRMS LIQUIDATION LIQUIDATION OF ASSETS LIQUIDITY MARKET COMPETITION MATURITIES MATURITY MISREPORTING MONETARY FUND MULTINATIONAL MULTINATIONAL FIRMS NONPAYMENT PAYMENT TERMS PERFORMANCE BOND PERISHABLE GOODS PORTFOLIO PRICE DISCRIMINATION PROMPT PAYMENTS PROPRIETARY INFORMATION REGRESSION ANALYSIS RISK MANAGEMENT RISK OF DEFAULT SMALL BUSINESS SMALL BUSINESS FINANCE SMALL BUSINESS FINANCES SUPPLY CHAIN SWAP TERM CREDIT TRADE CREDIT TRADE FINANCE TRANSACTION TRANSACTIONS COSTS TURNOVER WORKING CAPITAL The authors employ a novel dataset on almost 30,000 trade credit contracts to describe the broad characteristics of the parties that contract together; the key contractual terms, such as the discount for early payment; and the days by when payment is due. Whereas prior work has typically used information on only one side of the buyer-seller transaction, this paper utilizes information on both. The authors find that the largest and most creditworthy buyers receive contracts with the longest maturities from smaller suppliers, with the latter extending credit to the former perhaps as a way of certifying product quality. Discounts for early payment seem to be offered to riskier buyers to limit the potential nonpayment risk when credit is extended for non-financial reasons. 2012-03-19T18:03:22Z 2012-03-19T18:03:22Z 2011-07-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110718142731 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3490 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5726 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper The World Region The World Region
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topic ACCESS TO CREDIT
ACCESS TO FINANCE
ACCESS TO FINANCING
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLES
ADVERSE SELECTION
AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE
ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION
BALANCE SHEET
BANK CREDIT
BANKS
BARGAINING POWER
BILATERAL CONTRACT
BORROWING
BORROWING COSTS
CAPITAL STRUCTURE
CENTRAL BANK
COLLATERAL
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPETITIVENESS
CONTRACTUAL TERMS
CREDIT CONSTRAINED FIRMS
CREDIT CONTRACT
CREDIT CONTRACTS
CREDIT DEFAULTS
CREDIT LOSSES
CREDIT MARKET
CREDIT PORTFOLIO
CREDIT PROVISION
CREDIT QUALITY
CREDIT RATING
CREDIT RATIONING
CREDIT RELATIONSHIPS
CREDIT RISK
CREDIT TERMS
CREDITS
CREDITWORTHINESS
CURRENCY
DEBT
DEBT COLLECTORS
DEBT MATURITY
DEFAULT RISK
DEPENDENT
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISCOUNT RATE
DISCRIMINATION
DUMMY VARIABLE
DURABLE
DURABLE GOODS
EXPLOITATION
EXPORTER
EXTERNAL FINANCING
FEDERAL RESERVE
FINANCES
FINANCIAL CRISES
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL DISTRESS
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL RISK
FINANCIAL RISKS
FINANCIAL SHOCKS
FINANCIAL STUDIES
FINANCIERS
FINANCING CONSTRAINTS
FINANCING COSTS
FOREIGN COURTS
GREATER ACCESS
GUARANTEE PRODUCT
GUARANTY
IMPORT DUTIES
INFORMAL CREDIT
INFORMATIONAL ASYMMETRY
INSURANCE
INTEREST RATE
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL FIRMS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INTRINSIC VALUE
INVENTORY
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT RATING
JURISDICTIONS
LARGE FIRMS
LIQUIDATION
LIQUIDATION OF ASSETS
LIQUIDITY
MARKET COMPETITION
MATURITIES
MATURITY
MISREPORTING
MONETARY FUND
MULTINATIONAL
MULTINATIONAL FIRMS
NONPAYMENT
PAYMENT TERMS
PERFORMANCE BOND
PERISHABLE GOODS
PORTFOLIO
PRICE DISCRIMINATION
PROMPT PAYMENTS
PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
RISK MANAGEMENT
RISK OF DEFAULT
SMALL BUSINESS
SMALL BUSINESS FINANCE
SMALL BUSINESS FINANCES
SUPPLY CHAIN
SWAP
TERM CREDIT
TRADE CREDIT
TRADE FINANCE
TRANSACTION
TRANSACTIONS COSTS
TURNOVER
WORKING CAPITAL
spellingShingle ACCESS TO CREDIT
ACCESS TO FINANCE
ACCESS TO FINANCING
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLES
ADVERSE SELECTION
AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE
ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION
BALANCE SHEET
BANK CREDIT
BANKS
BARGAINING POWER
BILATERAL CONTRACT
BORROWING
BORROWING COSTS
CAPITAL STRUCTURE
CENTRAL BANK
COLLATERAL
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPETITIVENESS
CONTRACTUAL TERMS
CREDIT CONSTRAINED FIRMS
CREDIT CONTRACT
CREDIT CONTRACTS
CREDIT DEFAULTS
CREDIT LOSSES
CREDIT MARKET
CREDIT PORTFOLIO
CREDIT PROVISION
CREDIT QUALITY
CREDIT RATING
CREDIT RATIONING
CREDIT RELATIONSHIPS
CREDIT RISK
CREDIT TERMS
CREDITS
CREDITWORTHINESS
CURRENCY
DEBT
DEBT COLLECTORS
DEBT MATURITY
DEFAULT RISK
DEPENDENT
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISCOUNT RATE
DISCRIMINATION
DUMMY VARIABLE
DURABLE
DURABLE GOODS
EXPLOITATION
EXPORTER
EXTERNAL FINANCING
FEDERAL RESERVE
FINANCES
FINANCIAL CRISES
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL DISTRESS
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL RISK
FINANCIAL RISKS
FINANCIAL SHOCKS
FINANCIAL STUDIES
FINANCIERS
FINANCING CONSTRAINTS
FINANCING COSTS
FOREIGN COURTS
GREATER ACCESS
GUARANTEE PRODUCT
GUARANTY
IMPORT DUTIES
INFORMAL CREDIT
INFORMATIONAL ASYMMETRY
INSURANCE
INTEREST RATE
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL FIRMS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INTRINSIC VALUE
INVENTORY
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT RATING
JURISDICTIONS
LARGE FIRMS
LIQUIDATION
LIQUIDATION OF ASSETS
LIQUIDITY
MARKET COMPETITION
MATURITIES
MATURITY
MISREPORTING
MONETARY FUND
MULTINATIONAL
MULTINATIONAL FIRMS
NONPAYMENT
PAYMENT TERMS
PERFORMANCE BOND
PERISHABLE GOODS
PORTFOLIO
PRICE DISCRIMINATION
PROMPT PAYMENTS
PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
RISK MANAGEMENT
RISK OF DEFAULT
SMALL BUSINESS
SMALL BUSINESS FINANCE
SMALL BUSINESS FINANCES
SUPPLY CHAIN
SWAP
TERM CREDIT
TRADE CREDIT
TRADE FINANCE
TRANSACTION
TRANSACTIONS COSTS
TURNOVER
WORKING CAPITAL
Klapper, Leora
Laeven, Luc
Rajan, Raghuram
Trade Credit Contracts
geographic_facet The World Region
The World Region
relation Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5726
description The authors employ a novel dataset on almost 30,000 trade credit contracts to describe the broad characteristics of the parties that contract together; the key contractual terms, such as the discount for early payment; and the days by when payment is due. Whereas prior work has typically used information on only one side of the buyer-seller transaction, this paper utilizes information on both. The authors find that the largest and most creditworthy buyers receive contracts with the longest maturities from smaller suppliers, with the latter extending credit to the former perhaps as a way of certifying product quality. Discounts for early payment seem to be offered to riskier buyers to limit the potential nonpayment risk when credit is extended for non-financial reasons.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Klapper, Leora
Laeven, Luc
Rajan, Raghuram
author_facet Klapper, Leora
Laeven, Luc
Rajan, Raghuram
author_sort Klapper, Leora
title Trade Credit Contracts
title_short Trade Credit Contracts
title_full Trade Credit Contracts
title_fullStr Trade Credit Contracts
title_full_unstemmed Trade Credit Contracts
title_sort trade credit contracts
publishDate 2012
url http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110718142731
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3490
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