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Trade credit and exchange rate risk pass through

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  • Bryan Hardy
  • Felipe Saffie
  • Ina Simonovska

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Large firms borrow in foreign currency and are net providers of trade credit to firms in their supply chains. We model the transmission of exchange rate risk via firm balance sheets along the supply chain. Trade credit loosens borrowing constraints and allows for higher production. Furthermore, firms are more likely to pass-through exchange rate shocks to their balance sheets onto their partners the more they are financially constrained. We validate these predictions using a quarterly firm panel for 19 emerging markets. Trade credit constitutes an important transmission mechanism of exchange rate shocks, but firms tend to protect their trading partners.

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  • Bryan Hardy & Felipe Saffie & Ina Simonovska, "undated". "Trade credit and exchange rate risk pass through," BIS Working Papers 1216, Bank for International Settlements.
    • Handle: RePEc:bis:biswps:1216
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    Keywords

    trade credit; financial constraints; supply chains; exchange rate volatility; imperfect pass through;
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    JEL classification:

    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
    • F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange
    • F34 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - International Lending and Debt Problems

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