Do Firms in Transition Economies Have Soft Budget Constraints? A Reconsideration of Concepts and Evidence

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 80-103

  Schaffer, Mark E ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bad debt; Soft budget constraint; Tax arrears; Trade credit; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005622933     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcec.1997.1503     Document Type: Article

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