Dynamic cash discounts when sales volume is stochastic

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 144-160

  Stokes, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cash discount; Differential game; Terms of sale; Working capital management

Indexed keywords

EID: 11844291369     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2004.08.001     Document Type: Article

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