Trade credit terms offered by small firms: Survey evidence and empirical analysis

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 317-351

  Wilson, Nicholas ^a   Summers, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 14544308719     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5957.00434     Document Type: Article

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