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100 1 _aBocola, Luigi.
245 1 4 _aThe Macroeconomics of Trade Credit /
_cLuigi Bocola, Gideon Bornstein.
260 _aCambridge, Mass.
_bNational Bureau of Economic Research
_c2023.
300 _a1 online resource:
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490 1 _aNBER working paper series
_vno. w31026
500 _aMarch 2023.
520 3 _aIn most countries, suppliers of intermediate goods and services are also the main providers of short-term financing to firms. This paper studies the macroeconomic implications of these financial links. In our model, trade credit is the outcome of a long-term contract between firms linked in the production process, and it is sustained in equilibrium by reputation forces as customers lose the relationship with their suppliers in case of a default. These financial links give rise to a credit multiplier: suppliers can enforce repayment of these IOUs, and they can discount these bills with banks to obtain liquidity. This process can either dampen or amplify the output effects of financial shocks, depending on the borrowing capacity of suppliers. Using Italian data, we find that the credit multiplier is sizable and show that trade credit amplified the output costs of the Great Recession by 45%.
530 _aHardcopy version available to institutional subscribers
538 _aSystem requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files.
538 _aMode of access: World Wide Web.
588 0 _aPrint version record
690 7 _aFinancial Markets and the Macroeconomy
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650 7 _aFinancial Markets and the Macroeconomy
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084 _aE44
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690 7 _aFinancial Crises
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650 7 _aFinancial Crises
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084 _aG01
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690 7 _aGeneral
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650 7 _aGeneral
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700 1 _aBornstein, Gideon.
710 2 _aNational Bureau of Economic Research.
830 0 _aWorking Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research)
_vno. w31026.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.nber.org/papers/w31026
856 _yAcceso en lĂ­nea al DOI
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w31026
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