Does trade credit substitute bank credit? Evidence from firm-level data

Economic Notes

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-112

  De Blasio, Guido ^a  

^a BANK OF ITALY   (Italy)

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CREDIT PROVISION; INVESTMENT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 22744446245     PISSN: 03915026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0391-5026.2005.00145.x     Document Type: Article

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