Do trade credits finance long-term investments?

Our model indicates that European firms across all size categories use trade credits to purchase 6%–15% of tangible fixed assets and 14%–30% of intangible assets in the short-run. A long-run target adjustment model shows that large firms eventually replace most of this temporary trade credit financi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jan Bartholdy, Dennis Olson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-10-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023076569