The economics of factoring accounts receivable

Journal of Economics and Business

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 339-359

  Sopranzetti, Ben J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounts receivable; Credit risk; Factoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041319986     PISSN: 00129933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0148-6195(98)00008-3     Document Type: Article

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