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Linking labor with capital: How employee friendly treatment impact trade credit availability

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  • Li, Yaoqin

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This study explores the value of employee friendly treatment from a signaling theory perspective by relating it to corporate trade credit. Theoretically, employee friendly treatment signals firms' high possibility of “will and able” to perform obligations, which strengthens firms' bargaining power in striving for trade credit. The empirical tests show a positive relationship between employee friendly treatment and trade credit availability. The positive effect of employee friendly treatment on trade credit is more prominent in firms with lower market power and firms located in areas with weaker legal enforcement, lower level industrialization and poorer high education popularity. Overall, the study establishes a link between labor and capital market, implying that firms' treatment to employees who are internal stakeholders can be a cue for outsider stakeholders such as suppliers to alter the provision of trade credit.

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  • Li, Yaoqin, 2024. "Linking labor with capital: How employee friendly treatment impact trade credit availability," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 87(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:pacfin:v:87:y:2024:i:c:s0927538x24002282
    DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2024.102476
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    Keywords

    Employee friendly treatment; Trade credit; Signaling theory; Market power;
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    JEL classification:

    • J32 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits; Retirement Plans; Private Pensions
    • G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance
    • G41 - Financial Economics - - Behavioral Finance - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making in Financial Markets

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