2010年应收账款外文翻译--对应收账款的动态分析：以西班牙中小企业为例（节选）

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1、中文 6800 字， 4000 英文单词， 21500 英文字符 文献出处： Garca-Teruel P J, Martnez-Solano P. A Dynamic Approach to Accounts Receivable: a Study of Spanish SME sJ. European Financial Management, 2010, 16(3):400421. A Dynamic Approach to Accounts Receivable: a Study of Spanish SMEs Pedro J. Garca-Teruel, Pedro Martnez-

2、Solano Abstract The main objective of this paper is to extend the literature on the granting of trade credit. The focus is to test whether the accounts receivable decisions follow a model of partial adjustment. To do that, we use a sample of 2,922 Spanish SMEs. Using a dynamic panel data model and e

3、mploying the GMM method of estimation we control for unobservable heterogeneity and for potential endogeneity problems. The results reveal that firms have a target level of accounts receivable and take decisions in order to achieve that level. In addition, we find that sales growth (if positive), th

4、e size of the firms, their capacity to generate internal funds and get short term financing, and economic growth are important in determining trade credit granted by firms. Keywords: accounts receivable, trade credit, SMEs, partial adjustment model, endogeneity 1. Introduction Trade credit is provid

5、ed when there is a delay between the delivery of goods or the provision of services by a supplier and payment for them. For the seller, it represents an investment in accounts receivable. That investment represents an important proportion of a firms asset. Specifically, the average level of accounts

6、 receivable over assets for the Spanish firms considered in this study was 38.63%. The literature offers various theories explaining the use of trade credit based on the advantages for suppliers and for customers from the operational, commercial and financial perspective: reduction in transaction costs (Ferris, 1981; Emery, 1987); reduction in information asymmetry between buyer and seller (Smith, 1987; Long et al., 1993); a mechanism of price discrimination (Brennan et al., 1988;