Trade credit is a financing instrument offered by suppliers to their customers.The supply of trade credit (i.e., accounts receivable),representing a means to promote firm sales, can be regarded as working capital financing to other firms, which may be small or facecredit constrained (Marotta, 2005; McMillan & Woodruff, 1999). On the contrary, the demand of trade credit (i.e., accounts payable)represents the credit that afirm owes its suppliers for goods it has received but for which it has not yet paid. Comparing with the formal financing channels, such as bank loans, trade credit has played a critical role in sustaining firm growth (Garmaise & Moskowitz, 2003). Also, it is an important source offinancing forfirms, small or large, around the world (Demirgüç-Kunt & Maksimovic, 1999). The cost of trade credit depends on the credit terms. Generally, the implicit interest rate charged in a trade creditcontract is expected to be higher than bank credit rates.Despite its high cost, trade credit is widely used because of its convenience and many firms may not have access to bank loans, especially in developing economics where formalfinance is inadequate andinformalfinance is prevalent.