Using a large dataset of Korean public and private firms, we show that public listing does not influence the supply of trade credit among firms affiliated with a large business group (chaebol). Meanwhile, non-affiliated public firms provide more trade credit to customers than their private...

This paper examines how trade credit demand and supply are determined in Korea, where large business groups are dominant in most of the segments and hierarchies of many industries. In particular, we investigate the effects of business group affiliation on trade credit financing, finding that a...

Using a unique dataset of Korean firms, we demonstrate that the effects of public listing on trade credit demand are heterogeneous between chaebol and non-chaebol firms. While we find a significant negative relationship between public listing and trade credit demand for non-chaebol firms, we do...