Short-term Debt in Spanish SMEs
分析了西班牙中小制造企业短期债务的使用情况，发现财务实力强、灵活性高、增长机会多的企业更倾向短期贷款，且小企业短期借款水平更高。
This article analyses the debt maturity structure of small and medium-sized firms in terms of the risk and return trade-off associated with the use of short-term loans. The sample covers 11,533 small and medium-sized Spanish manufacturing firms over the period from 1997 to 2001.The results show that short-term loans are more common in firms with greater financial strength, greater financial flexibility, and major growth options, and when the interest cost differential between short- and long-term loans is more pronounced. Additionally, the size of the firm seems to have an influence on the level of short-term loans; short-term borrowing levels are higher in the smaller firms.