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Factors affecting trade credit in India

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  • Pattnaik, Debidutta
  • Baker, H. Kent

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Managing working capital, such as trade credit, is essential for operational sustainability and firm growth in emerging markets. Most studies that examine the factors influencing trade credit focus on developed countries, not emerging markets. Our study helps to fill this gap by examining whether corporate governance and firm-specific variables affect India's trade credit. It also provides new insights into the determinants of trade credit receivables and payables in an emerging market. We find a significantly positive association between CEO duality and trade credit receivables. Although centralizing power by Indian firms heightens exposure to operational risk, it may enhance sales and increase profitability. Additionally, managers of firms with centralized control tend to be conservative, reducing their dependence on creditors and alternative financing of their current assets.

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  • Pattnaik, Debidutta & Baker, H. Kent, 2023. "Factors affecting trade credit in India," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 88(C), pages 634-649.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:reveco:v:88:y:2023:i:c:p:634-649
    DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2023.07.005
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