Debt maturity in Spanish small business startups

  1. Blasco Leante, José Enrique 1
  2. Baños-Caballero, Sonia 1
  3. García-Teruel, Pedro J. 1
  1. 1 University of Murcia, Murcia-SPAIN
Revista:
Revista de contabilidad = Spanish accounting review: [RC-SAR]

ISSN: 1138-4891

Año de publicación: 2024

Volumen: 27

Número: 2

Páginas: 323-330

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.6018/RCSAR.487681 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Revista de contabilidad = Spanish accounting review: [RC-SAR]

Resumen

Este artículo estudia el vencimiento de la deuda de empresas de nueva o reciente creación. En concreto, se analiza si el vencimiento de la deuda de estas empresas es diferente al de las empresas de mayor edad. Además, también se estudia si estas posibles diferencias se mantienen durante periodos de crisis financiera. Utilizando una muestra de pequeñas empresas españolas durante el período 2011-2020, los resultados indican que las empresas nuevas o de reciente creación tienen deuda con un menor vencimiento, lo que podría ser explicado por los mayores problemas de agencia e información asimétrica que tienen estas empresas. Además, se observa que este resultado se mantiene en periodos de crisis financiera.

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