Relationships Between the Use of Trade Credit and Bank Credit in the Light of Theories and Research Cover Image

Zależności miedzy wykorzystaniem kredytu handlowego i bankowego w świetle teorii i badań
Relationships Between the Use of Trade Credit and Bank Credit in the Light of Theories and Research

Author(s): Katarzyna Ziętek-Kwaśniewska
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: trade credit; bank credit; substitution; complementarity; credit rationing; financial crisis; kredyt handlowy; kredyt bankowy; substytucja; komplementarność; racjonowanie kredytów; kryzys finansowy

Summary/Abstract: This article deals with the problems related to the use of trade credit in financing business operation against the background of the other source of external capital – bank credit. The article is a review of selected literature on the relationship between the two above-mentioned forms of financing. Analysing the literature of the subject, one can conclude that trade credit can be a substitute for bank credit. There are also a growing number of publications that pinpoint an informational role of trade credit, which can be used by banks to update their assessment of the creditworthiness of a business. For the sake of topicality, special emphasis has been paid to the relationship between the use of trade credit and bank credit in selected cases of financial crisis.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 41
  • Page Range: 171-190
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish