Trade Credit in Zimbabwean Manufacturing

World Development

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 795-815

  Fafchamps, Marcel ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Africa; Credit; Discrimination; Manufacturing; Markets; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN BUSINESS; CREDIT ACCESS; CREDIT SOURCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNICITY ROLE; MANUFACTURING; MANUFACTURING SECTOR; TRADE CREDIT;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0031445461     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(96)00134-9     Document Type: Article

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