SME Trade Credit Information

Last registered on May 03, 2015
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
SME Trade Credit Information
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0000711
Initial registration date
May 03, 2015

Initial registration date is when the trial was registered.

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First published
May 03, 2015, 10:29 AM EDT

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Last updated
May 03, 2015, 10:32 AM EDT

Last updated is the most recent time when changes to the trial's registration were published.

Locations

Country
Kenya
Region

Primary Investigator

Name
Qian(Sindy) Li
Affiliation
Stanford University
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Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2015-05-25
End date
2016-09-01
Keywords
Finance & Microfinance
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Abstract
Trade credit from suppliers is an important form financing for firms, but in developing countries it is limited due to the lack of trust and information available to lenders and poor functioning of the legal system. We are interested in understanding the barriers to trade credit access and evaluating programs that help alleviate the problem, in the setting of retail SMEs.

External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Li, Qian(Sindy). 2015. "SME Trade Credit Information." AEA RCT Registry. May 03. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.711-2.0
Former Citation
Li, Qian(Sindy). 2015. "SME Trade Credit Information." AEA RCT Registry. May 03. https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/711/history/4216
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2015-08-01
Intervention End Date
2015-09-04

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
1. Access to credit: fraction of ordering that is ordered on credit, fraction of goods ordered on credit, fraction of suppliers giving credit, average length of credit terms.
2. Repayment behavior: average number of days delayed.
2. Business growth: revenue, profit, number of products.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

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Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
We will survey retail SMEs and their suppliers to understand the barriers to trade credit access and evaluate programs that help alleviate the problem.
Experimental Design Details
I study the demand for and impact of a voluntary trade credit information sharing system for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Kenya, by means of randomized encouragement of take-up. I focus on the program's effect in helping firms access trade credit and in disciplining firms' repayment behavior.
Randomization Method
Randomization done in office by a computer.
Randomization Unit
The largest unit is cluster of shops. Some clusters will be randomized into pure controls, some pure treatments (all treated), some will be partially treated (randomized again at the shop level).
Was the treatment clustered?
Yes

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
1000 shops, about 100 clusters.
Sample size: planned number of observations
1000 shops
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
500 firms treated
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

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