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Bank Credit, Trade Credit, and Profit: Evidence from Agricultural Firms in Vietnam

Research in Economics and Management

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Title Bank Credit, Trade Credit, and Profit: Evidence from Agricultural Firms in Vietnam
 
Creator Ninh, Le Khuong
Anh, Bui Tuan
Tu, Phan Anh
 
Description This paper investigates the relationships between bank credit and trade credit with profit of 130 agricultural firms listed on Vietnam’s stock exchanges in the period of 2008-2014. Using the GMM approach, the paper reveals inverted-U shaped (?) relationships between bank credit and trade credit with profit. Specifically, the optimal threshold of bank credit and trade credit to total assets of the firms are 0.4173 and 0.2425, respectively. The findings mean that if the ratio of bank credit to total assets exceeds the benchmark of 0.4173, firms should consider restructuring debts to get them back to the benchmark. To do so, firms should withdraw from those business fields that are not of profession, in addition to liquiditizing unused assets to repay debts and not using short-term credit to invest in long-term projects. Firms may use of trade credit wisely when other sources of finance are lacking. In concrete, firms can increase trade credit use if the ratio of trade credit to total assets is below 0.2425. Yet, if this ratio goes beyond this benchmark, firms should get its back to this benchmark, e.g., keeping a suitable amount of inventory.
 
Publisher SCHOLINK INC.
 
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Date 2019-10-17
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
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Identifier http://www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/rem/article/view/2363
10.22158/rem.v4n4p183
 
Source Research in Economics and Management; Vol 4, No 4 (2019); p183
2470-4393
2470-4407
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/rem/article/view/2363/2462
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2019 Le Khuong Ninh, Bui Tuan Anh, Phan Anh Tu
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