Financial Constraints and the Use of Trade Credit: Evidence from Pakistan
https://doi.org/10.26794/2587-5671-2024-28-1-166-176
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to identify whether financially constrained firms use trade credit (payables and receivables) as a channel to finance their operations. The previous literature mainly investigated the role of trade credit in various aspects of a firm’s performance. We argue that, since firms with limited financial capabilities usually have limited or no access to the long-term debt market, they can better be expected to rely on short-term financing, such as trade credit. We use Kaplan and Zingales index (KZ Index 1997) to measure the level of firms’ financial constraints. The fixed-effects panel regression methodology was applied to a sample of non-financial firms listed on Pakistan Stock Exchange over eleven years from 2009 to 2019. The results of this article show that financially constrained firms use trade credit as a financing channel for their operations. We further found that firms with higher profit margins use more trade credit while those that have higher assets turnover use fewer loans.
About the Authors
M. Younis
COMSATS University Islamabad
Pakistan
Pakistan
Muhammad Younis — PhD Scholar, Department of Management Sciences
Islamabad, Wah Campus
M. J. Khan
COMSATS University Islamabad
Pakistan
Pakistan
Majid Jamal Khan — PhD, Assoc. Prof., Department of Management Sciences
Wah Campus
M. Y. Khan
COMSATS University Islamabad
Pakistan
Pakistan
Muhammad Yar Khan — PhD, Assoc. Prof., Department of Management Sciences
Wah Campus
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Younis M., Khan M.J., Khan M.Y. Financial Constraints and the Use of Trade Credit: Evidence from Pakistan. Finance: Theory and Practice. 2024;28(1):166-176. https://doi.org/10.26794/2587-5671-2024-28-1-166-176
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