Trade credit: Theories and evidence

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 661-691

  Petersen, Mitchell A ^a   Rajan, Raghuram G ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031483636     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/10.3.661     Document Type: Article

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