Interfirm relationships and trade credit in Japan [electronic resource] : evidence from micro-data / Hirofumi Uchida, Arito Ono, Souichirou Kozuka, Makoto Hazama, Iichiro Uesugi.
2015
HD69.S8
Linked e-resources
Linked Resource
Online Access
Concurrent users
Unlimited
Authorized users
Authorized users
Document Delivery Supplied
Can lend chapters, not whole ebooks
Details
Title
Interfirm relationships and trade credit in Japan [electronic resource] : evidence from micro-data / Hirofumi Uchida, Arito Ono, Souichirou Kozuka, Makoto Hazama, Iichiro Uesugi.
Author
Uchida, Hirofumi, author.
ISBN
9784431551874 electronic book
4431551875 electronic book
9784431551867
4431551875 electronic book
9784431551867
Published
Tokyo ; New York : Springer, [2015]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : color illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-4-431-55187-4 doi
Call Number
HD69.S8
Dewey Decimal Classification
658.04
Summary
This is the first book to report the details of the current status of interfirm relationships in Japan. Based on a unique data set of firms, the authors describe the characteristics of interfirm transactions in a manner unprecedented in the literature. Special emphasis is placed on the nature of payment/collection between firms. Payment for interfirm transactions is usually made on account, or by payment after delivery, rather than by immediate payment. Thus, most interfirm transactions are accompanied by a provision of credit (i.e., lending/borrowing) from a seller to a buyer, referred to as trade credit. Although trade credit is used all around the world and accounts for a large portion of firmsℓ́ℓ balance sheets, researchers, lacking detailed data, have long encountered serious difficulty in clarifying how and why firms use trade credit. In this work the authors use a huge, unique data set of about 380,000 firms in Japan during the 2007ℓ́ℓ2010 period. To grasp the entirety of this enormous data set, which is tantamount to a picture of all firms currently operating in Japan, this brief summarizes descriptive statistics and conducts univariate analyses of the data. Also provided is the legal background of trade credit practice in Japan from the ℓ́ℓlaw and economicsℓ́ℓ perspective. In this manner, the book furnishes vital information that can be used as a reference for future theoretical and empirical analyses of trade credit and interfirm relationships.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed September 22, 2014).
Added Author
Ono, Arito, author.
Kozuka, Sōichirō, 1969- author.
Kazama, Makoto, author.
Uesugi, Iichiro, 1969- author.
Kozuka, Sōichirō, 1969- author.
Kazama, Makoto, author.
Uesugi, Iichiro, 1969- author.
Series
SpringerBriefs in economics.
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9784431551867
Linked Resources
Online Access
Record Appears in
Online Resources > Ebooks
All Resources
All Resources