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Beschreibung:
We analyse the impact of trade credit on international trade in Nigeria. Specifically, we quantify the impact of micro trade credit, measured by account receivables, bank credit and account payables on firms’ export and imports. Throughthe theoretical lens of the partial equilibrium theory, we performregression analysis on an unbalanced panel of 94 Nigerian listed firms within the period 2005-2012. Results reveal that account receivables are not significant in explaining changes in export, hence they are not major drivers of firms’ exports in Nigeria, whereas, firms’ imports will increase by 27.1% given one percent increase in account payable of the firm. Based on the empirical findings of this study, we recommend that Nigerian firms should take advantage of trade credit in order to boost their international trade, especially import